Abstract
The third fossil record of a deraeocorine species, preserved as an inclusion in late Lower Miocene, Burdigalian amber from Hispaniola (Dominican Republic) is presented with a description of Electroderaeous crassicornis gen. and sp. nov. based on a well-preserved specimen.
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