taxonID	type	description	language	source
039687AFB169FF8CFDE8FF3A1FCAFBE8.taxon	description	(Fig. 1)	en	Bukejs, Andris, Fanti, Fabrizio (2023): Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2): 331-339, DOI: 10.59893/bjc.23(2).021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2375515
039687AFB169FF8CFDE8FF3A1FCAFBE8.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype: GPIH no. 5202, CCGG no. 8701 (ex coll. Jonas Damzen JDC- 12438); adult, male. A complete beetle with partially exposed metathoracic wings is included in a transparent, yellow amber piece with dimensions of 36 × 19 mm and a maximum thickness of 6 mm; preserved without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions: one Brachycera (Diptera) specimen, two Nematocera (Diptera) specimen, seven? Acarina (Arachnida) nymphs, and few stellate Fagaceae trichomes. Type locality. Amber mine in Yantarny settlement, the Sambian Peninsula, the Kaliningrad Region, Russia. Type stratum. Baltic amber; Middle – Upper Eocene (Sadowski et al. 2017, 2020; Seyfullah et al. 2018; Bukejs et al. 2019; Kasiński et al. 2020). Systematic placement. The specimen considered here was assigned to the genus Podosilis based on a combination of the following morphological characters: (1) internal claws of all legs apically bifurcate (simple in Eusilis, Silis and Autosilis, and only the internal claw of forelegs apically bifurcate in Asiosilis), (2) claws without denticle basally (all claws with large denticle in Asiosilis), and (3) tarsomere 4 is widest than others tarsomeres (narrow as others tarsomeres in Eusilis).	en	Bukejs, Andris, Fanti, Fabrizio (2023): Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2): 331-339, DOI: 10.59893/bjc.23(2).021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2375515
039687AFB169FF8CFDE8FF3A1FCAFBE8.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Podosilis groehni sp. nov. differs from P. gedaniensis Kazantsev, 2020 (the single fossil species of the genus, the holotype is female) by the obsolete elytral humeral costae (distinct in P. gedaniensis); this character cannot be considered as sexual dimorphism. Also, the new species differs from the extant species of Podosilis in having a extremely smaller body size. Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber	en	Bukejs, Andris, Fanti, Fabrizio (2023): Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2): 331-339, DOI: 10.59893/bjc.23(2).021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2375515
039687AFB169FF8CFDE8FF3A1FCAFBE8.taxon	description	Description. Body elongate-oval, slightly flatened dorsally; sparsely covered with homogenous, short, semierect setae; integument unicolorous brown (as preserved). Measurements: total body length 3.0 mm (from anterior margin of head to elytral apex); pronotum length 0.5 mm, pronotum maximum width 0.8 mm; elytra length 2.4 mm, elytra maximum width 1.2 mm, elytra width at base 1.0 mm. Head short, transverse, pubescent, with fine punctation, partially covered by pronotum; frons convex. Compound eyes large, hemispherical and strongly prominent, inserted laterally. Mandibles large, simple, and falciform. Maxillary palpi 4 - segmented, palpomeres unequal in length, terminal palpomere weakly securiform. Labial palps 3 - segmented, terminal palpomere securiform. Antennae inserted far from inner margin of eyes, rather long, extending about to posterior one-third of elytral length; 11 - segmented, filiform, all antennomeres covered with short, semierect setae; scape subcylindrical, dilated apically, elongate, 2.5 × longer than wide, robust, curved; antennomere 2 shortest, subtrapezoidal, dilated apically, slightly elongate, 1.25 × longer than wide, about 0.5 × as long as scape; antennomere 3 subcylindrical, slightly dilated apically, elongate, 2.25 × longer than wide, slightly shorter than antennomere 4; antennomeres 4 – 8 equal in size and shape, robust, subcylindrical, dilated apically, elongate, 2.5 × longer than wide, about 2.0 × as long as antennomere 2; antennomeres 9 – 10 equal equal in size and shape, robust, subcylindrical, dilated apically, slightly shorter than antennomere 8; antennomere 11 elongate-oval, 3.1 × longer than wide, narrowly rounded at apex; 333 relative length ratios of antennomeres 1 – 1 equal to 10: 5: 9: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 9: 9: 11. Pronotum subtrapezoidal, transverse, 1.6 × wider than long, widest in posterior one-third of its length, slightly wider than head; punctation fine and sparse on disc, and distinctly denser laterally; disc convex, with subtriangular impressions basally and suboval impressions anterolaterally. Pronotal apical margin slightly rounded; basal margin almost straight; lateral margins rounded, incised near base and near anterior angles, protruding posteromedially with two small and obtuse tooth. Anterior angles obtuse, slightly projecting; posterior angles acute, distinctly projecting posteriad forming denticle. Prohypomera densely covered with fine punctation. Scutellar shield subtriangular with widely rounded apex, with few fine punctutes. Elytra wider than pronotum, elongate-oval, 2.0 × longer than wide, subparallel-sided in anterior half and slightly widened in posterior half, rounded apically, completely covering abdomen; humeral costae obsolete, slightly distinct in anterior two-thirds of elytral lenght; with large oval impression post-medially; elytral punctation small and rather dense, distance between punctures about 0.7 – 1.3 × diameter of one puncture, punctures distinctly denser laterally. Metanepisternum subtriangular, narrowed posteriad, with fine punctation. Metaventrite wide, with rounded posterior margin, covered with fine punctation; disc convex, apparently with discrimen. Metathoracic wings fully developed. Legs rather long, slender, pubescent. Procoxae conical, large; mesocoxae narrowly oval, convex; metacoxae narrow, strongly transverse. Trochanters elongate, convex. Femora narrow, slightly flattened, straight. Tibiae subcylindrical, apparently with two spines apically, pro- and mesotibiae nearly as long as pro- and 334 mesofemora respectively, metatibiae distinctly longer than metafemora. Tarsal formula 5 - 5 - 5; tarsomere 1 longest, elongate, slightly dilated apically; tarsomere 2 shorter than tarsomere 1; tarsomere 3 subtriangular, dilated apically, shorter than tarsomere 2; tarsomere 4 widest, deeply bilobed; tarsomere 5 subcylindrical, elongate, curved, enlarged apically. Pretarsal claws without basal tooth, inner claw of all legs bifurcate apically. Abdomen with seven visible sternites (ventrites), covered fine, inconspicuous punctation; sternite 7 with elongate lobe with rounded apex; ultimate tergite longer and wider than ultimate sternite, with prominent conical lateral processes.	en	Bukejs, Andris, Fanti, Fabrizio (2023): Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2): 331-339, DOI: 10.59893/bjc.23(2).021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2375515
039687AFB169FF8CFDE8FF3A1FCAFBE8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym; the new species is named in honor of Mr. Carsten Gröhn (Glinde, Germany), an enthusiast and specialist in Baltic amber.	en	Bukejs, Andris, Fanti, Fabrizio (2023): Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2): 331-339, DOI: 10.59893/bjc.23(2).021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2375515
039687AFB169FF8CFDE8FF3A1FCAFBE8.taxon	discussion	Remark. The lateral margins of pronotum incised and denticulated, and the ultimate abdominal sternite long and narrow indicate that the specimen is male.	en	Bukejs, Andris, Fanti, Fabrizio (2023): Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2): 331-339, DOI: 10.59893/bjc.23(2).021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2375515
039687AFB16BFF89FDE8FB2D1ED2FB8F.taxon	description	(Fig. 2)	en	Bukejs, Andris, Fanti, Fabrizio (2023): Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2): 331-339, DOI: 10.59893/bjc.23(2).021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2375515
039687AFB16BFF89FDE8FB2D1ED2FB8F.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype: GPIH no. 5203, CCGG no. 8702, (ex coll. Jonas Damzen JDC- 12439); adult, female. A complete beetle with partially exposed metathoracic wings is included in a transparent, yellow amber piece with dimensions of 31 × 16 mm and a maximum thickness of 5 mm; preserved without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions: few stellate Fagaceae trichomes. Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber Type locality. Amber mine in Yantarny settlement, the Sambian Peninsula, the Kaliningrad Region, Russia. Type stratum. Baltic amber; Middle – Upper Eocene (Sadowski et al. 2017, 2020; Seyfullah et al. 2018; Bukejs et al. 2019; Kasiński et al. 2020). Systematic placement. The specimen considered here was assigned to the genus Silis based on a combination of the following morphological characters: (1) the pronotum non-incised at lateral sides (incised in females of Podosilis), with impressions (without impressions in Autosilis), (2) abdomen with six visible sternites (seven sternites in females of Podosilis), (3) tarsomere 4 wider than others tarsomeres (tarsomere 4 as wide as tarsomeres 1 – 3 in Eusilis), (4) claws simple, internal claw with obtuse and small tooth basally (all claws with large denticle basally in Asiosilis), and (5) the distal margin of ultimate tergite without conspicuous processes at lateral sides.	en	Bukejs, Andris, Fanti, Fabrizio (2023): Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2): 331-339, DOI: 10.59893/bjc.23(2).021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2375515
039687AFB16BFF89FDE8FB2D1ED2FB8F.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. A new species resembles Silis (s. str.) boninoi Fanti & M. G. Pankowski, 2022 (Baltic amber; male), but differs in flat and widely explanate pronotal lateral sides, pronotum widest basally (in contrast to pronotum widest in the middle in S. boninoi), obtuse posterior pronotal angles (in contrast to acute triangular porterior pronotal angles in S. boninoi), larger pronotum, different shape of antennomere 1, and elytra wider at humeri. Silis (s. str.) carsteni sp. nov. differs from Silis (s. str.) lombardii Parisi & Fanti, 2019 (Baltic amber; male) by the considerably smaller body size. A new species differs from Dominican amber species Silis (s. str.) hegnai Fanti & M. G. Pankowski, 2021 and Silis (s. str.) curleri Fanti & M. G. Pankowski, 2021 by distinctly smaller body size; and from Silis (s. str.) chiapasensis Wittmer, 1963 (described from Mexican amber) by the 335 smaller body size and the longer elytra comparated to abdominal length.	en	Bukejs, Andris, Fanti, Fabrizio (2023): Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2): 331-339, DOI: 10.59893/bjc.23(2).021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2375515
039687AFB16BFF89FDE8FB2D1ED2FB8F.taxon	description	Description. Body elongate-oval, flatened; sparsely covered with homogenous, short, semierect to erect setae; integument unicolorous dark brown (as preserved). Measurements: total body length 2.8 mm (from anterior margin of head to elytral apex); pronotum length 0.5 mm, pronotum maximum width 1.0 mm; elytra length 2.3 mm, elytra maximum width 1.3 mm, elytra width at base 1.0 mm. Head partially covered by pronotum, small, short, transverse, covered with fine punctation, distinctly narrower than anterior margin of pronotum. Compound eyes rather small, nearly hemispherical, strongly prominent, inserted in upper and lateral parts of head. Mandibles falciform, simple. Maxillary palpi 4 - segmented, unequal in length, terminal palpomere securiform. Labial palps 3 - segmented, terminal palpomere securiform. Antennae inserted far from from inner margin of eyes, relatively short, extending about to middle of elytra, 11 - segmented, filiform, all antennomeres covered with short, semierect setae; scape longest, strongly elongate, about 3.0 × longer than wide, not particularly robust, curved, dorso-apically enlarged and sligthly protruding forward; antennomere 2 shortest, cylindrical, about 0.6 × as long as scape; antennomeres 3 – 5 equal in size and shape, subcylindrical, dilated apically, 2.4 × as long as wide, robust, about 1.2 × as long as antennomere 2; antennomeres 6 – 10 sub-equal in size and shape, subcylindrical, dilated apically, 2.5 × as long as wide, slightly shorter than antennomere 5; antennomere XI elongate oval with acute and long apex, about 3.5 × as long as wide; relative length ratios of antennomeres 1 – 1 equal to 9: 5: 6: 6: 6: 5: 5: 5: 5: 5: 7. 336 Pronotum trapezoidal, strongly transverse, about 2.0 × wider than long, widest in posterior one-fourth of its length, distinctly wider than head; punctation fine and sparse on disc and denser laterally; disc convex, with subtriangular impressions basally and suboval impressions anterolaterally; pronotal sides widely explanate. Pronotal anterior margin rounded medially; posterior margin slightly concave laterally and distinctly protruding medially forming wide lobe; lateral margins weakly rounded, non-incised, with two obtuse and small tooth (one at anterior angles and one near posterior margin). Anterior angles obtuse, rounded, slightly projecting; posterior angles obtuse. Prohypomera covered with fine punctation, Scutellar shield subtrapezoidal, rounded apically, with fine punctation. Elytra at humeri wide and slightly narrower than pronotum, while in posterior one-third of elytral length wider than pronotum, elongate-oval, 1.8 × longer than wide, subparallel-sided in anterior two-thirds and strongly widened in posterior one-third, rounded apically, completely covering abdomen; humeri distinct; humeral costae sharp, distinct in anterior two-thirds of elytral lenght elytral punctation small and rather dense, distance between punctures apparently lesser than diameter of one puncture. Metaventrite wide, with rounded posterior margin, covered with fine punctation; disc convex. Metathoracic wings fully developed, completely covered by elytra. Legs rather long, slender, pubescent. Pro- and mesocoxae subconical, robust, metacoxae narrow, strongly transverse. Trochanters elongate with rounded apex. Femora slightly enlarged, flattened, slightly curved. Tibiae subcylindrical, with apical spur, nearly as long as femora. Tarsal formula 5 - 5 - 5; tarsomere 1 longest, elongate; tarsomere 2 slightly shorter than tarsomere 1; tarsomere 3 subtrapezoidal, slightly dilated apically, wider than previous ones, shorter than tarsomere 2; tarsomere 4 widest, deeply bilobed; tarsomere 5 subcylindrical, strongly elongate, slender, curved. Pretarsal claws simple, internal claws with obtuse and small basal tooth. Abdomen with six visible sternites (ventrites), covered with fine punctation; ultimate sternite wide, transverse, with emarginated posterior margin; ultimate tergite concave apically, longer and narrower than ultimate sternite.	en	Bukejs, Andris, Fanti, Fabrizio (2023): Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2): 331-339, DOI: 10.59893/bjc.23(2).021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2375515
039687AFB16BFF89FDE8FB2D1ED2FB8F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym; the new species is named in honor of Mr. Carsten Gröhn (Glinde, Germany), an enthusiast and specialist in Baltic amber.	en	Bukejs, Andris, Fanti, Fabrizio (2023): Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2): 331-339, DOI: 10.59893/bjc.23(2).021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2375515
039687AFB16BFF89FDE8FB2D1ED2FB8F.taxon	discussion	Remark. The lateral margins of pronotum without long lobes or teeth, the proportions of elytra (lenght / widht ratio), widely explanate elytral margins, relatively short anttenomeres, as well as ultimate abdominal sternite wide and emarginated apically indicate that the specimen is female.	en	Bukejs, Andris, Fanti, Fabrizio (2023): Two new fossil Silinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2): 331-339, DOI: 10.59893/bjc.23(2).021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2375515
