A New Genus and Species of Malachite Beetles (Coleoptera, Dasytidae)in Baltic Amber
A new genus and species of malachite beetles (Coleoptera, Dasytidae), <i>Protomauroania chaetophorata</i> Tshernyshev, gen. et sp. nov. are described from Baltic Late Eocene amber. The beetle belongs to subfamily Danaceinae, and similar to the genus <i>Mauroania</i> 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.