Falsoceratoprion fumagalliae, Ferreira & Tettamanzi, 2022

Ferreira, Vinicius S. & Tettamanzi, Lorenzo, 2022, Falsoceratoprion fumagalliae, New Genus and Species: The First Calopterini from Dominican Amber (Coleoptera: Lycidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (2), pp. 288-292 : 291

FALSOCERATOPRION fUMAGALLIAE Ferreira , new species

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Examined Material. Holotype: Falsoceratoprion fumagalliae Ferreira , new species. DOMINICAN AMBER: Oligo-Miocene, Dominican Republic. Specific locality: Unknown. The specimen is a well-preserved amber bead that had been polished prior to study. It will be deposited in the collection of the Civic Museum of Fossils of Besano (Besano, VA, Italy).

Description and Diagnosis. The diagnosis and description of F. fumagalliae is coextensive with the generic description and diagnosis.

Etymology. This species is named after Lorenzo Tettamanzi’s grandmother, Giuseppina Fumagalli (1928–2017), who, together with her husband Silvio, has always encouraged and supported, with enormous love and enthusiasm, her grandson Lorenzo’s passion for collecting fossils and minerals.

Figures

Fig. 1. Falsoceratoprion fumagalliae, new genus and new species. A) Dorsal view,B) Ventral view.Scale bar = 0.5 mm.