New Taxa of Soft-Winged Flower Beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) in Baltic Amber

A new tribe, two new genera and two new species of soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) are described from Baltic Late Eocene amber. The genus Premalachius gen. nov. with a species Premalachius obscurus sp. nov., belongs to the tribe Malachiini due to the antennae being located near the clypeus, which is well developed, as is the labrum. Within the tribe, the new species is close to species of the genus Chionotopus Abeille de...