Anakitium Arakelyan & Yan, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.6 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9CE17DCD-A1F9-4D4F-924E-4D595C5AB3B3 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17888935 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1F1B8784-F716-FFF9-FF73-FB6FFD2D41F0 |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Anakitium Arakelyan & Yan |
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gen. nov. |
Genus Anakitium Arakelyan & Yan , gen. nov.
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Type species. Anakitium storozhenkoi Arakelyan & Yan , sp. nov.
Diagnosis. Very large beetle, body length (from mandible tips to abdominal apex) 25.6 mm. Head weakly transverse. Occiput with three pairs of closely spaced protuberances: rounded P2 and oval P3 on same level, with P3 separated from P2 by well-defined sulcus. P4 present as smallest pair, located near junction of P2 and P3, close to pronotal anterior margin. Antennae moniliform; scape enlarged, twice as long as the pedicel. Mandibles bear two incisors. Pronotum transverse, nearly rectangular, with small protruding anterior angles. Apical tarsomeres longest. Elytral veins weakly defined. There are large intercalary rows between the 3rd and 4th, and between the 5th and 6th primary rows (counting from the sutural margin). Fifth abdominal ventrite (=sternite VII) sharply narrowed, subtriangular in shape.
Etymology. The name of the new genus, Anakitium , is derived from the locality Anakit-3, where the fossil was discovered. The genus name is neuter in gender.
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