Genus Danophaea Legalov et Perkovsky, gen. nov.

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Type species. Danophaea cimbrica Legalov et Perkovsky, sp. nov.

Etymology. From Denmark and Typhaea, a genus-group name. Gender feminine.

Diagnosis. Body 3 mm, black-brown, covered with dual elytral vestiture consisting of decumbent setae; labrum transverse; eyes coarsely faceted, slightly emarginate near antennal insertions; apical maxillary palpomere parallel-sided, not wider than subapical one; antennae clavate, extends beyond middle of pronotum; ninth antennomere 1.25 times as long as wide at apex; tenth antennomere 1.1 times as long as wide at apex, slightly shorter than antennomere nine; eleventh antennomere distinctly shorter than ninth and tenth antennomeres combined, two times as long as wide at base and 1.6 times as long as antennomere ten; base of pronotum narrower than distance across elytral humeri; elytra suboval, widest beyond middle; elytral striae absent; precoxal portion of prosternum long, mesepimeron triangular, not reaching mesocoxal cavities; mesoventrite not carinate; posterior edge of mesoventrite bent posteriorly: metepisternum narrow; tibial spurs small; tarsal formula 4-4-4.

Comparison. The new genus differs from the genus Typhaea in that it has a short, triangular mesepimeron and mesoventrite, shorter precoxal portion of the prosternum; posterior edge of mesoventrite bent posteriorly: and elongated ninth and tenth antennomeres. It also differs from the genus Aggerbille from Danish amber in that its body is covered with shorter setae and its antennal club is wider. Furthermore, the shortest distance between the mesocoxal and metacoxal cavities is distinctly greater than the length of the first abdominal ventrite at the same point. It is also distinguished from the genus Olmia from Rovno amber by the fact that its antennae are shorter and extend beyond the middle of the pronotum, its eleventh antennomere distinctly shorter than ninth and tenth antennomeres combined, and its body size is larger. Danophaea gen. nov. differs from Crowsonium Abdullah, 1964 in having a parallel-sided apical maxillary palpomere that is not wider than the subapical one, the elytra are without regular rows of punctures and have non-flattened margins and a dual vestiture.