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A new species of the fungus weevil genus Glaesotropis is described from the Late Eocene Rovno amber. G. diadiasashai sp. nov. differs from G. weitschati and G. minor described from Baltic amber in having a longer rostrum and in the structure of its antennae, with the third and fourth antennomeres being longer than the first and second ones. Additionally, the new species differs from G. weitschati in being smaller, in having unswollen frons, and weakly and smoothly concave elytral margin near hind coxae. The new species also differs from G. minor in having an uninterrupted posterior transverse carina on the pronotum, elytra less convex longitudinally, and a slightly broadened rostrum at the attachment of antennae.
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Original Russian Text © V.G. Gratshev, E.E. Perkovsky, 2008, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2008, No. 1, pp. 62–64.
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Gratshev, V.G., Perkovsky, E.E. New species of the genus Glaesotropis (Insecta: Coleoptera: Anthribidae) from Rovno amber. Paleontol. J. 42, 60–62 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030108010097
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