Kryzhanovskiana olegi gen. et sp. nov., a remarkable eyeless representative of the tribe Metriini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar

Kryzhanovskiana olegi gen. et sp. nov. is described from Cenomanian Burmese amber within the tribe Metriini (Paussinae). By having some peculiarities in the body shape and structure of the head (elongate mandibles, reduced eyes, additional setigerous pores on frons and vertex), the new genus is rather distinct from the two modern genera Metrius Eschscholtz, 1829 and Sinometrius Wrase et Schmidt, 2006, each with restricted distribution in western...