New species of Vetuprostomis from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae)

Yan Da Li; Yun Hsiao; Di Ying Huang; Chen Yang Cai

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5125.5.6

New species of Vetuprostomis from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae)

Yan Da Li, Yun Hsiao, Di Ying Huang, Chen Yang Cai^*

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Two new species of the prostomid genus Vetuprostomis Engel & Grimaldi (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae), V. angularis Li & Cai sp. nov. and V. gaoi Li & Cai sp. nov., are described from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Vetuprostomis is suggested to be more closely related to extant Dryocora Pascoe distributed in Australia and New Zealand, rather than the widespread genus Prostomis Latreille. A key to prostomid genera, as well as species in genus Vetuprostomis, is provided.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	563-574
Number of pages	12
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	5125
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5125.5.6
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 2022

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New species of Vetuprostomis from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae)

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