A new genus of the subfamily Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) from the Lower Eocene Oise amber

A new genus and species, Palaeotanaos oisensis, is the first described representative of Apioninae from the Lower Eocene Oise amber. The new genus belongs to the tribe Tanaini and is similar to the genus Tanaos Schoenherr, 1826 and differs from it in the convex, not flattened, and slightly elongate body, the antennae inserted in basal one-third of rostrum, comparatively long flagellum, and elongate club, large and strongly convex eyes, narrow...