Electribius gorskii, HávA, 2015

HávA, Jiří, 2015, A new Electribius Crowson, 1973 species from Baltic amber (Coleoptera ¡ Artematopodidae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 14, pp. 67-69 : 68-69

Electribius gorskii sp. nov. ( Figs. 1-2)

Type material. Holotype (unsexed)¡ Baltic amber, Gdansk, Poland . Holotype deposited in Andrzej Gorski’ S private collection (Bialsko-BiAŁA, PolANd) .

Description of Holotype. Sex unknown. Body length 1.7 mm. Colour of dorsal and ventral cuticula black, palpi, legs and antennae brown. Dorsal surfaces finely punctured with brown setation. Antennal segments 3, 4, and 5 of similar length, segment 5 slightly longer than segment 3. The antennal segments 4 to 10 are slightly serrate. Dorsal surface of pronotum and elytra with long brown setae. On the elytra there are upright and backwardly inclined setation, those on the pronotum are inclined. Ventrites I to IV together about 1.65 times as long as ventrite V. Ventrite V with small distinct median ridge, extending from posterior margin to the middle of the ventrite.

Differential diagnosis. The new species differs from the known amber species by the structure of prosternal process ( Fig. 2 ) and antennae.

Etymology. In honour of my friend Andrzej Gorski ( Poland).

Genus Electribius Crowson, 1973

† Electribius balticus Hörnschemeyer, 1998 Baltic amber

Electribius crowsoni Lawrence, 1995 Mexico

† Electribius friederichi Hörnschemeyer, 1998 Baltic amber

† Electribius gorskii sp. nov. Baltic amber

† Electribius oligocenicus Crowson, 1973 Baltic amber

† Electribius procerus Hörnschemeyer, 1998 Baltic amber

Electribius similis Lawrence, 1995 El Salvador

Tab. 1.- Extant and fossil species of the genus Electribius Crowson, 1973 . († = foSSil SpecieS).

Figures

Fig. 2.- Prosternal processes of Electribius gorskii sp. nov.