Vetuprostomis consimilis Engel & Grimaldi, 2008

Li, Yan-Da, Hsiao, Yun, Huang, Di-Ying & Cai, Chen-Yang, 2022, New species of Vetuprostomis from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae), Zootaxa 5125 (5), pp. 563-574 : 566

Vetuprostomis consimilis Engel & Grimaldi, 2008

Remarks. The original description and illustrations of this species by Engel & Grimaldi (2008) are not sufficient, which makes it difficult to provide a detailed comparison between V. consimilis and the two new species described here. In one of their line drawings (fig. 2C in Engel & Grimaldi 2008), the penultimate palpomere of both maxillary palps seems to be distinctly shortened, which if true, could serve as a distinctive character separating V. consimilis from V. angularis and V. gaoi . However, in another line drawing (fig. 2A in Engel & Grimaldi 2008), the penultimate palpomere of left maxillary palp appears to have a longer length. Thus, the effectiveness of this character should be treated carefully.