New Anthribidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in Dominican and Mexican ambers Author Poinar, George Author Legalov, Andrei A. text Palaeontologia Electronica 2016 2016-07-31 148 1 1 38 http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/635 journal article 10.26879/635 1094-8074 13333693 Piesocorynus brevitectus sp. nov. Figure 8 zoobank.org/ 3B32B2BF-6972-49AB-B025-D76F9EB60B4F Holotype . Probably male. Deposited in the PACO (accession # C-101). Description. Length body, 4.6 mm ; length rostrum, 1.1 mm . Body black with covering of distinct, dense, pale, appressed setae; thorax and abdomen brown. Rostrum wide, 0.8 times longer than wide in middle, 0.5 times as long as pronotum, flattened, without dorsal median carina, densely punctate; antennal scrobes foveiform, lateral; forehead wide, flattened, punctate; eyes rounded, coarsely faceted, fewer than 26 rows of ommatidia perpendicular to long axis, not emarginate, convex, 1.5 times longer than wide; vertex weakly convex, densely punctate; temples short, 0.3 times as long as length of eye; antennae inserted in first third of rostrum, elongate, extending beyond humeri and reaching first third of elytra; funicle with second to eighth antennomeres elongate-conical; second antennomere 2.5 times longer than wide; third antennomere 4.7 times longer than wide, 1.4 times as long as and 0.8 times as narrow as second antennomere; fourth antennomere 3.5 times longer than wide, equal in length and 1.3 times as wide as third antennomere; fifth antennomere 3.0 times longer than wide, 0.9 times as long as and equal in width to fourth antennomere; sixth antennomere 3.0 times longer than wide, 0.8 times as long as and 0.8 times as wide as fifth antennomere; seventh antennomere 2.5 times longer than wide, 1.1 times as long as and 1.3 times as wide as sixth antennomere; eighth antennomere 1.3 times longer than wide, 0.9 times as long as and 1.8 times as wide as seventh antennomere; club not compact, long, 0.5 times as long as funicle; first antennomere of club 1.2 times longer than wide, 1.7 times as long as and 1.9 times as wide as eighth antennomere; second antennomere of club 0.8 times longer than wide, 0.7 times as long as and 1.1 times as wide as first antennomere of club; third antennomere of club 1.6 times longer than wide, 1.2 times as long as and 0.6 times as narrow as second antennomere of club. Pronotum bell-shaped; 1.4 times longer than wide at apex, 0.9 times longer than wide in middle and at base, with quite long lateral carinae; disk flattened, densely punctate, transverse dorsal pronotal carina antebasal; distance between transverse carina and base of pronotum 0.08 times as long as pronotum; its sides evenly rounded; scutellum trapezoidal. Elytra convex, 1.2 times longer than wide at base and in middle, 1.4 times longer than wide at apical fourth, 1.5 times as long as pronotum; greatest width behind middle; elytron without tubercles; humeri weakly flattened; striae regular and thin; strial punctures rounded, dense; elytral intervals weakly convex; apices of elytra not rounded; pygidium not concealed. Thorax punctate; precoxal portion of prosternum elongate, postcoxal portion short; procoxal cavities narrowly separated; mesocoxal cavities widely separated, metanepisternum quite wide, 4.9 times longer than wide in middle. Abdomen convex; first ventrite equal in length to length of metacoxal cavity; second ventrite 0.9 times as long as length of first ventrite; third ventrite 0.8 times as long as length of second ventrite; fourth ventrite 1.4 times as long as length of third ventrite; fifth ventrite 1.2 times as long as length of fourth ventrite. Legs long; pro- and mesocoxae round; metacoxae transverse; femora clavate, without teeth; trochanters obconical; metafemora 2.5 times longer than wide; tibiae almost straight; metatibiae 5.4 times longer than wide in middle; tarsi long; first to third tarsomeres conical; second tarsomere embracing third tarsomere laterally; fifth elongate; tarsomeres with pulvilli on underside; tarsal claws free, large, diverging, with basal teeth. Type locality. Amber mine in Chiapas Highlands of the Simojovel area in Chiapas , Mexico . Etymology. The specific epithet is taken from the Latin “brevis” equals short and the Latin “tego” equals cover in reference to the short elytra.