taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C3614AFFB6FA7BFF4BBCF3BFF6FBAF.taxon	description	(Figs 1 – 30) Type species: Jiricateres ukrainicus Tshernyshev, Alekseev, Bukejs, Vasilenko, Legalov & Perkovsky, sp. nov., by present designation. Description. Body elongate oval, with sides of pronotum and elytra flattened and slightly recurved upwards. Body length: 3.4 – 4.7 mm. Head prognathous, flat, rounded, not wider than pronotum, surface of head evenly strongly punctured, microsculpture distinct, sparsely covered with recumbent strong short dark setae; frontoclypeal suture distinct but not deep; eyes round bare, with small facetes. Antennae 11 - segmented with distinct 3 - segmented club, scape oval, slightly widened, not wider that apical antennomeres. Ultimate palpomere elongate, securiform. Pronotum weakly convex, narrow and transverse, subparallel, lateral sides impressed and widely flattened. Surface sparsely covered with deep punctures and with distinct microsculpture; covered with sparse, short, semierect setae. Elytra simple, suboval and subparallel, distinctly flattened in basal half, with widely flattened epipleura from base towards the apex, evenly rounded and expanded posteriorly. Each elytron with 7 inconspicuous striae and two longitudinal rows of punctures in intervals between them. Surface sparsely covered with short, dark and adpressed setae. Epipleura distinct from base to apex, sparsely punctate. Elytral suture entire for whole length of elytra. Metathoracic wings normally developed. Legs short, simple; femora thickened towards middle; tibiae shorter than femora and possessing two spurs of which outer strong and sharp; tarsi 5 - 5 - 5; claws with round plate at base possessing long erect setae. Underside weakly shining, finely and densely punctate and evenly covered with fine, short, semierect setae; prothorax with narrow long process between coxae, surface with sparse, short, thick, semierect setae; pygidium (apical tergite) slightly domed, covered with erect setae on distal margin; ultimate ventrite 8 (apical sternite) simple, transverse.	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB6FA7BFF4BBCF3BFF6FBAF.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Jiricateres gen. nov. is close to the fossil genus Promanodes but differs by the combination of the follow characters: frontoclypeal suture distinct, not deep; clypeus not depressed above suture; surface of forehead with sparce semierect setae; eyes with small fine facetes; pronotum sparsely covered with adpressed setae and smoothed punctures; elytral striae indistinct and sometimes traceable, intervals with two regular rows of punctures; tarsi robust and shortened; and abdomen with 5 visible ventrites. In Promanodes frontoclypeal suture distinct, deep; clypeus depressed above suture and margin of labrum elevate; surface of forehead bare; eyes with rough facetes; pronotum evenly covered with short, adpressed setae and coarse punctures; elytral striae distinct, each interval with a regular row of punctures; tarsi narrow and elongate; and abdomen with 6 visible ventrites. A new genus belongs to a group of lophocaterid genera with regular punctation of elytra in rows between carinae, flattened lateral margins of pronotum, and antennae 11 - segmented (see a key bellow).	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB4FA7CFF4BB9C3B88EFBAF.taxon	description	(Figs 1 – 12)	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB4FA7CFF4BB9C3B88EFBAF.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype No SIZK L- 589, adult, male (sex is confirmed by a pronounced antenna club, characteristic apical abdominal sternite (the 8 th ultimate ventrite) with elevated and slightly curved distal margin, and a pygidium wide, elongate and dome-shaped providing movement for curved aedeagus during copulation); Rovno amber. A rectangular yellow, transparent piece of amber with dimensions 11.5 × 5.6 × 4.3 mm. Syninclusions are absent. Locus typicus. Voronki locality, former Vladimirets district, Rovno Oblast, Ukraine. Stratum typicum. Rovno amber, late Eocene.	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB4FA7CFF4BB9C3B88EFBAF.taxon	description	Description. Body black-brown, without metallic lustre, legs brown. Body elongate and oval, evenly expanded posteriorly. Measurements: length 4.2 mm; pronotum length 0.65 mm, pronotum maximum width 1.8 mm; elytra length 3.55 mm, elytra maximum width 1.87 mm, elytra width at base 0.9 mmm. Head prognathous, flat, small, rounded, not protruding distally and not wider than pronotum at level of eyes; frontoclypeal suture distinct, slightly emarginate Compound eyes round, weakly convex, bare, with fine facetes, contour not elevated. Frons and interocular area slightly convex, lacking impressions. Surface of head evenly strongly punctate; microsculpture distinct; sparsely covered with recumbent, strong, short, dark setae. Antennae 11 - segmented, distinctly clavate, attached to head near lateral lower edge of clypeus, short, reaching middle of pronotum; sparsely covered with short, erect, black setae; club 3 - segmented, not compact, symmetrical, lacking sensorial fields; antennomere 1 slightly swollen, oval; antennomere 2 oval, shorter and narrower than antennomere 1; antennomeres 3 – 8 subcylindrical, antennomeres 3 – 5 slightly elongate, antennomeres 6 – 8 transverse and equal in length; antennomeres 9 – 10 wide and transverse, forming club, antennomere 9 about 1.7 × as wide as antennomere 8 and slightly narrower than antennomere 10; antennomeres 9 and 10 equal in shape, antennomere 11 subtriangular, slightly flattened and pointed apically, 1,8 × as long as antennomere 10. Clypeus narrow, impressed at base, straight. Labrum small, transverse, rounded apically, with basal side distinctly impressed, as long as clypeus length. Maxillary palpi rather elongate, narrow, palpomere 1 subcylindrical, palpomere 2 subtriangular, palpomere 3 elongate, securiform, twice as long as palpomere 2, weakly flattened and truncate at apex. Mandibles bidentate, small, curved, not protruding. Pronotum weakly convex, narrow and transverse, subparallel laterally and with rounded angles. All sides distinctly marginate, but median parts of anterior and posterior margins weakly edged; lateral sides impressed and widely flattened. Surface sparsely punctures with deep punctures and with distinct microsculpture, row of puncture distinct along lateral impression; sparsely covered with semierect, short setae. Prosternal process narrow slightly recurved at apex. Scutellar shield clearly visible, transverse, triangular, with rounded angles, with sparse and fine puntation, distal side finely marginate. Elytra simple, suboval and subparallel, distinctly flattened in basal half, evenly rounded and expanded posteriorly, not wider than pronotum at base, gaping at suture near apices. Humeri small, distinctly protruding towards pronotum. Flattened lateral margin started from the level of humeri and not reaches the elytral apex. Suture entire along whole length of elytra, but thin near scutellar shield. Each elytron with 6 – 7 narrow and not strongly elevate carinae and with two rows of punctures between two neighboring carinae; punctures distinct, dense and even; microsculpture invisible, not shining; sparsely covered with short, dark and adpressed setae. Interval between 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 striae with incomplete additional striae on apical quarter of elytra. Epipleura distinct from base to elytral apex, sparsely punctate; widely flattened from base towards apical quarter. Metathoracic wings normally developed. Legs short, simple. Femora thickened towards middle, straight, not flattened. Tibiae straight, shorter than femora, slightly thickened and robust; with several black, short and sharp spinelets on outer surface; with two spicular short spurs in all legs, inner spur longer than outer spur. Tarsi 5 - 5 - 5, tarsomeres 1 – 4 compressed, tarsomere 5 depressed, with bare pedal part and row of short black hairs on distal margin; tarsomere 1 shortest and twice as short as tarsomere 2 in fore and middle legs, tarsomeres 1 and 2 equal in length in hind legs; tarsomeres 2 – 4 equal length in fore and middle legs, and tarsomeres 1 – 4 equal in hind legs; tarsomere 5 longest in all legs, about as long as combined length of tarsomeres 1 – 4 in pro- and mesotarsi and somewhat longer in metatarsi. Claws long and sharp, at base with small, sharp tooth bearing one long, erect seta. Underside weakly shining, finely and densely punctate and evenly covered with fine, short, semierect setae. Prothorax marginate, with narrow long process between coxae, surface with sparse short thick semierect hairs. Mesepimeres longitudinal. Pygidium (apical tergite) slightly domed, curved ventrally inward. Ultimate ventrite 8 (apical sternite) simple, transverse, not depressed, with distinctly marginate outer side.	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB4FA7CFF4BB9C3B88EFBAF.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name is toponymic and derived from Ukraine, the country in Eastern Europe, where the amber piece with the holotype of the beetle described here originated.	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB2FA7EFF4BBE86BADEFAC7.taxon	description	(Figs 13 – 19)	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB2FA7EFF4BBE86BADEFAC7.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype No SIZK UA- 9999 (ex coll. Jonas Damzen, JDC- 10189 R), adult, sex unknown; Rovno amber. Complete beetle included in elongate, yellow, transparent amber piece with dimensions 62 × 16 × 6 mm and preserved without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions are represented by one Diptera specimen, few small stellate Fagaceae trichomes, and few small organic fragments. Locus typicus. Rovno Oblast, Ukraine. Stratum typicum. Rovno amber, late Eocene.	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB2FA7EFF4BBE86BADEFAC7.taxon	description	Description. Body black, without metallic lustre, extremities black; elongate, widely oval, evenly expanded just about middle. Measurements: body length (from anterior margin of head to apex of elytra) 4.7 mm; body maximum width across elytra 2.2 mm; pronotum length 0.8 mm; pronotum maximum width 1.6 mm; elytra width at base (combined) 1.7 mm, elytra length 3.6 mm. Head prognathous, flat, small, rounded, not protruding distally and not wider than pronotum at level of eyes; frontoclypeal suture weakly visible due to position of beetle in amber. Compound eyes round, weakly convex, bare, with distinct facetes, contour not elevated; behind eyes on lateral sides with row of strong semierect brown setae. Frons and interocular area weakly visible, but look slightly convex and lacking impressions. Surface of head evenly punctate and sparsely covered with strong, short, dark, semierect setae. Antennae 11 - segmented, distinctly clavate, attached to head near lateral lower edge of clypeus just below eyes, short, reaching middle of pronotum; sparsely covered with short, black, erect setae apically; club 3 - segmented, not compact, symmetrical, lacking sensorial fields; antennomere 1 slightly swollen, rounded; antennomere 2 oval, slightly shorter and distinctly narrower than antennomere 1; antennomere 3 slightly shorter, sybcylindrical; antennomeres 4 – 8 subtriangular and slightly elongate, each subsequent slightly wider at apex; antennomeres 9 – 11 wide and forming club, antennomere 9 about 1.4 × as wide as antennomere 8 and nearly as wide as antennomere 10, antennomeres 9 and 10 equal in shape, antennomere 11 subround, slightly flattened and rounded apically, twice as long as antennomere 10. Clypeus, mandibles and labrum invisible. Maxillary palpi somewhat elongate, narrow; penultimate palpomere subtriangular; ultimate palpomere elongate, widened apically, suboval, 1.6 × as long as penultimate palpomere, distinctly flattened and truncate at apex. Pronotum weakly convex, narrow and transverse, 2.0 × as wide as long, subparallel laterally and narrowed anteriorly. Anterior angles right-angled and slightly protruding; posterior angles rounded and weakly narrowed. All sides distinctly marginate, but anterior side with very thin edging; lateral sides with longitudinal narrow impressions and look flattened. Surface evenly punctate, microsculpture indistinct, with two rows of punctures along each lateral impression; sparsely covered with semierect, elongate setae. Prosternal process narrow not curved or delated at apex. Scutellar shield clearly visible, transverse, oval-rectangular, with rounded angles, distinctly marginate and sparsely punctate. Elytra simple, oval and subparallel, 1.6 × as long as wide, slightly expanded in about posterior one-fifth and evenly rounded apically, very weakly convex, with widely flattened lateral sides from humeri towards apices of elytra, elytra at base not wider than pronotum. Elytral apices not closed; each elytron rounded separately. Humeri small, flattened, distinctly protruding towards pronotum. Elytral suture entire for along whole length of elytra, distinctly widened and flattened at basal one-quarter and gaping at apices. Each elytron with 6 – 7 narrow and weakly elevate carinae and with two rows of punctures between two neighboring carinae; punctures distinct; microsculpture weakly visible, not shining; sparsely covered with short, dark and semierect setae. Interval between 3 and 4 striae with incomplete additional striae on apical quarter of elytra. Epipleurae distinct and wide from base to elytral apex, sparsely punctate. Metathoracic wings normally developed. Legs short, simple. Femora thickened towards middle; not flattened and not curved. Tibiae straight, shorter than femora, robust, with row of black short and sharp hairs on inner surface; with two thin spurs on pro- and mesotibiae, and one strong and one thin on metatibiae. Tarsi 5 - 5 - 5, but look like 4 - tarsomered due to extremely short tarsomere 1, especially in hind legs; tarsomeres 1 – 4 compressed, tarsomere 5 depressed, with bare pedal part and row of long black setae ventro-laterally; tarsomere 1 shortest in all legs, about twice as short as pro- and mesotarsomere 2, and 2.5 × as short as metatarsomere 2; tarsomeres 2 – 4 equal in length in fore and middle legs, but only metatarsomeres 2 – 3 equal in length and metatarsomere 4 slightly longer; tarsomere 5 longest in all legs, as long as combined length of tarsomeres 2 – 4 in fore and middle legs, and as long as combined length of tarsomeres 1 – 4 in hind legs. Claws short, thin and sharp, at base with distinct round plate apparently setose. Underside weakly shining, finely and sparsely punctate and evenly covered with fine, short, recumbent pubescence. Prothorax marginated, with narrow straight process between procoxae, with sparse, short, thick semierect setae. Mesepimeres longitudinal. Abdomen with 5 visible ventrites. Pygidium (apical tergite) slightly domed, weakly curved ventrally. Ultimate ventrite 8 (apical sternite) simple, transverse, probably archly depressed at apex, with distinctly marginated outer side.	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB2FA7EFF4BBE86BADEFAC7.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym dedicated to Mr. Jonas Damzen (Vilnius, Lithuania), an enthusiast and specialist in amber.	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB0FA71FF4BBFA2B83EF84F.taxon	description	(Figs 20 – 26)	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB0FA71FF4BBFA2B83EF84F.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype No KAM 5124 / 144 [KRAM], adult, sex unknown; Baltic amber. Complete beetle included in elongate, orange, transparent amber piece with approximate dimensions 26 × 6 × 5 mm and preserved without supplementary fixation, with the beetle situated in central part of the piece. Syninclusions are represented by numerous stellate Fagaceae trichomes, several small plant fragments, and two adult specimens of Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Nematocera). Paratype ABAC- 069 [ACAB] (ex coll. Jonas Damzen, JDC- 4601), adult, sex unknown; Baltic amber. Complete beetle included in suboval, yellow, transparent amber piece with dimensions 26 × 13 × 5 mm and preserved without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions are represented by seven small acari mites specimens (Arachnida: Acari), and numerous stellate Fagaceae trichomes. Locus typicus. Southeastern Baltic Sea coast, the Sambian peninsula, Kaliningrad Oblast.	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB0FA71FF4BBFA2B83EF84F.taxon	description	Stratum typicum. Baltic amber, late Eocene. Description of holotype. Body integument and appendages unicolorous dark (as preserved). Body elongate and subparallel, depressed, weakly convex, lateral margins of elytra and pronotum explanate. Pubescence not discernible. Measurements: body length (combined length of elytra, pronotum, and head along midline, measured dorsally) 4.0 mm, body maximum width across elytra 1.85 mm; pronotum length 0.75 mm, pronotum maximum width 1.41 mm; elytra width at base (combined) 1.5 mm, elytra length 3.0 mm. Head prognathous, flattened, transverse; evenly and densely covered by round punctures; with distinct arcuate frontoclypeal suture. Compound eyes round, prominent, convex, bare, with distinct facets approximately as wide as 0.5 × as head puncture diameter. Antennae 11 - segmented, with loose 3 - segmenetd club, rather short and reaching middle of pronotum, attached to head near lateral lower edge of clypeus just below eyes. Antennal club symmetrical, lacking sensorial fields. Antennomere 1 swollen, rounded, large; antennomere 2 distinctly narrower, slightly shorter, oval; antennomere 3 cylindrical, approximately 2.0 × as long as wide; antennomeres 4 – 6 subquadrate, equal in shape and size; antennomere 7 rounded, slightly shorter than antennomere 6; antennomere 7 transverse, smallest, hemisphaerical; antennomeres 9 – 10 strongly transverse, widest; antennomere 11 oval-triangular, rounded apically, weakly transverse; antennomeres 10 – 11 finely and shortly pubescent. Clypeus transverse, with almost straight anterior margin. Maxillary palps elongate; penultimate palpomere cylindrical, slightly longer than wide; apical palpomere weakly clavate, approximately 2.5 × as long as wide. Pronotum transverse, approximately 0.54 × as long as wide, narrowed anteriad and widest at base; lateral sides rounded; anterior margin almost straight. Pronotal disc weakly convex; lateral pronotal sides flattened, nondepressed; lateral margins distinctly raised, smooth (not crenulate). Pronotal angles widely rounded. Pronotal surface covered by dense rounded punctures, weakly larger than pronotal punctures and separated by distance 0.25 – 1.0 × puncture diameter. Procoxal cavities distinctly open posteriorly, strongly transverse, separated by prosternal process. Prosternal process rhomboid, widened behind procoxae and then narrowed apically, with margined lateral sides, rounded at apex. Mesocoxal cavities externally open, very narrowly separated by projection of metaventrite and extremely narrow mesoventral process. Mesoventrite transverse. Metaventrite almost flat, transverse; discrimen not discernible. Metepisternum narrowly triangular. Metacoxal cavities narrowly separated by needle-shaped intercoxal process of abdominal ventrite 1. Scutellar shield transversely oval. Elytra subparallel, widest at about posterior one-fifth, rounded apically; weakly convex, with flattened lateral sides along entire length; regularly punctate. Flattened lateral elytral margins distinctly raised, elytral apices entirely flattened. Bases of elytra (at humeri) approximately as wide as maximal pronotal width. Lateral elytral margins distinctly raised; elytral apices flattened. Each elytron with seven narrow and weak carinae, separated by two rows of round regular punctures with weakly convex interstria between each row. Elytral striae lacking incomplete additional striae on apical quarter. Elytral epipleura concave, widest at humeri, distinct along entire elytron, gradually narrowed posteriad, sparsely punctate. Metathoracic wings well developed (apical part of left wing visible beneath elytron). Legs short, simple, rather robust. Pro- and metacoxae transverse, mesocoxae rounded. Metacoxa reaching epipleuron. Trochantins discernible in outer anterior angles of pro- and mesocoxal cavities. Trochanters triangular. Femora medially widened, with narrow groove in inner margin for reception of tibia. Tibiae widened apically, approximately as long as femora, finely pubescent, with two apical spurs. One large protibial apical spur distinctly hooked. Tarsi 5 - 5 - 5; tarsomeres 1 – 4 with long ventral pubescence; tarsomere 5 as long as or slightly longer than tarsomeres 2 – 4 combined; tarsal lobes absent. Claws long, approximately 0.5 × as long as tarsomere 5, without denticles; empodium large, projecting, setose. Abdomen with five abdominal ventrites of approximately equal length; ventrites 3 – 5 with distinctly pubescent lateral sides; abdominal ventrite 5 with widely rounded apical margin. Paratype. Measurements: body length (from anterior margin of head to apex of elytra) 3.4 mm, body maximum width across elytra 1.5 mm; pronotum length 0.5 mm, pronotum maximum width 1.15 mm; elytra width at base (combined) 1.3 mm, elytra length 2.6 mm. Otherwise, the specimen ABAC- 069 is similar in all visible morphological characters to the holotype KAM 5124 / 144 [KRAM].	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB0FA71FF4BBFA2B83EF84F.taxon	discussion	Remark. In holotype, apex of abdomen with additional small visible sternite, densely ringed by irregularly curved pubescence and probably internal in position of repose.	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFB0FA71FF4BBFA2B83EF84F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym; the new species name honors the outstanding Russian entomologist Prof. Sergey Yu. Storozhenko (Vladivostok, Russia).	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFBEFA73FF4BBCCEBE59FB94.taxon	description	(Figs 27 – 30)	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
03C3614AFFBEFA73FF4BBCCEBE59FB94.taxon	materials_examined	Studied material. One specimen with collection number ABAC- 068 [ACAB] (ex coll. Jonas Damzen JDC- 9562), adult, sex unknown; Baltic amber (Figs 29 – 30). Complete beetle included in oval, yellow, transparent amber piece with dimensions 23 × 17 × 7 mm and preserved without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions: absent. Body length of specimen (including head) 3.5 mm, maximum width 1.6 mm. One specimen with collection number JDC- 7647 [JDC], adult, sex unknown; Baltic amber (Figs 27 – 28). Complete beetle included in elongate oval, yellow, transparent amber piece with dimensions 39 × 11 × 4 mm and preserved without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions: few small stellate Fagaceae trichomes, and one specimen of Nematocera (Diptera). Body length of specimen (including head) 3.7 mm, maximum width 1.7 mm.	en	Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A., Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2025): Jiricateres-new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 476-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
