Two new species of the prostomid genus Vetuprostomis Engel Grimaldi (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae), V. angularis Li Cai sp. nov. and V. gaoi Li Cai sp. nov., are described from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Vetuprostomis is suggested to be more closely related to extant Dryocora Pascoe distributed in Australia and New Zealand, rather than the widespread genus Prostomis Latreille. A key to prostomid genera, as well as species in genus Vetuprostomis, is provided.
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