Jiricateres alleni ( Kolibáč, 2011 ), Tshernyshev & Alekseev & Bukejs & Vasilenko & Legalov & Perkovsky, 2025

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), pp. 476-488 : 485-486

Jiricateres alleni ( Kolibáč, 2011) , comb. nov.

( Figs 27–30 )

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.

Figures

FIGURES 27–30. Jiricateres alleni (Kolibáč, 2011), comb. nov.; 27, 28—specimen No JDC-7647 [JDC], habitus in dorsal (27) and in ventral (29) view; 29, 30—specimen No ABAC-068 [ACAB], habitus in dorsal (29) and in ventral (30) view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.