Olibrolitus, New Genus of Shining Flower Beetles (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea, Phalacridae) from Bitterfeld and Baltic Amber

Abstract

A new monotypic genus, Olibrolitus gen. nov. (type species Olibrolituskatyae sp. nov.), is described from Upper Eocene amber. The new genus Olibrolitus does not resemble any extant group of genera of Phalacridae. Several modern genera have been reported and the genus Neolitochropus was recently described from Eocene amber, but the new genus Olibrolitus is not close to Neolitochropus, and it is so far difficult to suggest a connection with any extant genera. The new genus differs from other genera of the family by the absence of elytral striae and the tarsus morphology (the first metatarsomere is longer than the second, articulated loosely).