Amelyris Tshernyshev, Alekseev, Bukejs, Vasilenko, Legalov & Perkovsky, 2025

Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris, Vasilenko, Dmitry V., Legalov, Andrej A. & Perkovsky, Evgeny E., 2025, First record of the family Melyridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) in late Eocene European ambers with description of a new tribe, a new genus and seven new species, Zootaxa 5696 (4), pp. 542-566 : 546

Subgenus Amelyris Tshernyshev, Alekseev, Bukejs, Vasilenko, Legalov & Perkovsky , subgen. nov.

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Type species: Amelyris ( Amelyris) sveneldi Tshernyshev, Alekseev, Bukejs, Vasilenko, Legalov & Perkovsky, sp. nov., by present designation

Diagnosis. Antennal club symmetrical; sutural margin of equal width along entire elytron; third elytral carina from suture without tendency to bend or merge with second carina at elytral apex; pygidium (apical tergite); and last visible abdominal ventrite (apical sternite) with tufts of several long, strong black bristles on outer corners of margins.

Etymology. As for the genus.

Composition. The subgenus includes three extinct Eocene species: Amelyris ( Amelyris) sveneldi sp. nov. ( Rovno amber), Amelyris ( Amelyris) elongatus sp. nov. (Baltic amber), and Amelyris ( Amelyris) tricarinatus sp. nov. (Baltic amber).