First record of adult Dorytocidae - Dorytocus jiaxiaoae Song, Szwedo & Bourgoin sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber
Abstract
A new species, Dorytocus jiaxiaoae Song, Szwedo & Bourgoin sp. nov., from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber is described and illustrated. This species represents the first record of the adult of the extinct family Dorytocidae. The supplementary description for the fourth-instar nymph of Dorytocus ornithorhynchus Emeljanov & Shcherbakov is provided. The morphological peculiarities of the new fossil species are briefly discussed, and family diagnosis is now based on the combination of both adult and nymph characters.
- Publication:
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Cretaceous Research
- Pub Date:
- September 2021
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2021CrRes.12504863S
- Keywords:
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- Myanmar amber;
- Cenomanian;
- New species;
- Planthoppers;
- Taxonomy;
- Morphology;
- Fossil resins;
- FT-IR analysis