First record of the family Malachiidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber with a description of Burmalachius acroantennatus gen. et spec. nov.

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Title: First record of the family Malachiidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber with a description of Burmalachius acroantennatus gen. et spec. nov.
Creator: Tshernyshev, Sergei E.
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Legalov, Andrei A.
Date: 2023
DOI: 10.3390/life13091938
Description: A new soft-winged flower beetle, Burmalachius acroantennatus gen. et sp. nov. belonging to the tribe Malachiini (Coleoptera: Malachiidae), discovered in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber is described. The new genus differs from the congeners of the tribe Malachiini in possessing the following characteristics: anterior tibiae widened and slightly curved inwards and excavate near the apices, tarsomeres of anterior legs depressed, 1st to 3rd tarsomeres simple and almost of equal size, tarsal comb lacking, “clavate” antennae due to dilated three apical antennomeres, 1st and 2nd antennomeres enlarged and of identical size, head strongly elongate, sides of elytra with carinate margins and widened epipleurae. This is the first record of the family Malachiidae in Burmese amber. Illustrations of the newly described species are provided. Keys for the identification of Melyrid lineage families, subfamilies of Malachiidae, tribes of the subfamily Malachiinae and genera of the tribe Malachiini are also given.