Burmapseudomorphus planus gen. et sp. nov. – a Late Cretaceous stem group member of the specialized Pseudomorphini (Carabidae, Coleoptera) from northern Myanmar

A new adephagan beetle embedded in Burmese amber from northern Myanmar is described as Burmapseudomorphus planus gen. et sp. nov. From its broad and flat habitus, the lack of a pronoto-elytral angle, the short and broad head, the short mesoventrite, and the lancet-shaped elongate prosternal process it resembles beetles belonging to the aquatic Dytiscoidea. The metacoxal plates are similar to those of Noteridae. However, pubescent antennal...