Giltine, Alekseev & Tomaszewska, 2018

Alekseev, Vitalii I. & Tomaszewska, Wioletta, 2018, New handsome fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Anamorphidae, Endomychidae) from European amber of the Upper Eocene, Palaeontologia Electronica (6 A) 21 (1), pp. 1-23 : 9

Genus GILTINE gen. nov.

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Type species. Giltine ampeensis sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Giltine can be separated from all currently described extant and extinct genera of Anamorphidae by the following combination of characters: small overall body size (1.7 mm); convex and pubescent dorsum; pronotum bordered laterally and biconcave at base, with basal pronotal sulcus shallow and weakly marked, and with long lateral carinae; elytra punctate-striate; 4-segmented tarsi with simple tarsal claws.

Etymology. This new genus-group name is a theonym and derived from Giltinė – Lithuanian goddess of death, sister of Laima . The gender is feminine.

Composition. The new genus is monotypic.