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Based on a well-preserved specimen in Eocene Rovno amber, a new species Paha groehni sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) is described and illustrated. The new species differs from extinct species from Baltic amber, Paha vanivanitatum Alekseev & Bukejs, 2024, in distinctly smaller body size, as well in characters of pronotal shape and sculpture, first at all in posteriorly curved pronotal carinae and prominent anterior pronotal angles. The studied inclusion represents the first species of a colydiine beetle described from Rovno amber and extends palaeohistorical distribution limits of the genus further eastwards.
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