A New Genus and Species of Malachite Beetles (Coleoptera, Dasytidae)in Baltic Amber
A new genus and species of malachite beetles (Coleoptera, Dasytidae), Protomauroania chaetophorata Tshernyshev, gen. et sp. nov. are described from Baltic Late Eocene amber. The beetle belongs to subfamily Danaceinae, and similar to the genus Mauroania Majer, 1997 due to scalloped lateral side of pronotum, but differs by the characters as follows: antennae with 6-segmented club, surface covered with rufous-brown long semi-erect strong setae, basal tarsomeres in posterior legs strongly elongate.