An unusual, primitive piesmatid (Insecta, Heteroptera) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma)

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3611

By

Grimaldi, David A.

Engel, Michael S.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2008

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"April 9, 2008."

Cretopiesma suukyiae, new genus and species, is described, based on a unique female specimen in mid-Cretaceous (c. 100 myo) amber from northern Myanmar. Features of C. suukyiae unique for the small Recent family Piesmatidae include a long, protrudent clypeus, a dorsal carina of thehead, lack of "jugal" lobes/appendices, widely separated coxae, very large scutellum, and the venation of the corium; some of these are plesiomorphic and shared with Aradidae. C. suukyiaepossesses the cuticular areolation and propleural cavities distinctive to Piesmatidae. Phylogeneticanalysis of Recent and fossil genera of piesmatids resulted in a cladogram with Cretopiesma assister group to the remainder of the family. Relationships of this unusual species and of Piesmatidae within Pentatomomorpha are discussed.

Subjects

Amber fossils , Burma , Cretaceous , Cretopiesma suukyiae , Insects, Fossil , Paleontology , Phylogeny , Piesmatidae

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3611 2008

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2008)3611[1:AUPPIH]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 222277421