Promanodes Kolibac , Schmied, Wappler & Kubisz, 2010

Kolibac, Jiri, 2013, Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys, ZooKeys 366, pp. 1-194 : 134

† Genus Promanodes Kolibac, Schmied, Wappler & Kubisz, 2010 Map 13

Promanodes Kolibáč, J. et al. 2010: 31.

Type species.

Promanodes serafini Kolibáč, Schmied, Wappler & Kubisz, 2010 [by monotypy and author’s designation]

Schmied, H. et al. 2009: 105 (distribution). Kolibáč, J. 2011: 58

Description.

Body size: 3.1-5.1 mm. Procoxal cavities nearly closed; maxillary palps with securiform terminal joint; extraordinarily elongate terminal segment of labial palps (distinctly longer or as long as two preceding segments together); slender and elongate tarsi in all pair of legs (approximately as long as tibiae); tibiae without “hooked” apical spine; procoxal cavities nearly closed or maybe perfectly closed in the new species; six visible abdominal ventrites; 10-segmented antennae; flat body; antennal club large and loose, 3-segmented; mesocoxae weakly transverse; elytra with distinct carinae. (Genus diagnosis after Kolibáč 2011.)

The new genus is very similar to the recent Promanus , the both genera share deep and incurvate frontoclypeal suture, distinctly elevated eyes, weakly or no way projecting anterior pronotal corners, elytra with weak or inconspicuous carinae widest at about 2/3 of length, radial cell obliquely situated, dorsal body surface sparsely pubescent or nearly bare, femora conspicuously clavate, very small trochanters, and especially abdomen with six visible ventrites. Body length 3-5 mm. (According to Kolibáč et al. 2010.)

Distribution.

( Map 13 .) Baltic amber: Poland, East Baltic coast(?); Tertiary: Eocene.

Species:

† Promanodes alleni Kolibáč, 2011; Baltic amber: East Baltic coast(?); Tertiary: Eocene (JK)

Kolibáč, J. 2011: 59

† Promanodes serafini Kolibáč, Schmied, Wappler & Kubisz, 2010; Baltic amber: Poland; Tertiary: Eocene (varA)

Schmied, H. et al. 2009: 105 (distribution). Kolibáč, J. et al. 2010: 36. Kolibáč, J. 2011: 59

Figures

Map 13. A distribution of the tribe Lophocaterini.