Two new species of Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma, "Apterygota," Insecta) in Dominican amber

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3226

By

Sturm, Helmut

Mendes, Luis F

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c1998

Notes

Caption title.

"April 6, 1998."

"Trinemurodes antiquus, n. sp., and Trinemurodes miocenicus, n. sp., from Dominican amber (ca. 20 Ma) are the first fossil species of the family Nicoletiidae. They can be placed in the genus Trinemurodes (subfamily Subnicoletiinae) with two extant species living in the Malesian area (Sumatra and the Moluccas), making these the only known New World species of the genus. The rarity of the Nicoletiidae in the fossil record contrasts with other families of Zygentoma (Ateluridae, Lepidotrichidae, Lepismatidae), probably a result of their more edaphic mode of life"--P. [1].

Subjects

Amber fossils , Classification , Dominican Republic , Insects, Fossil , Nicoletiidae , Trinemurodes antiquus , Trinemurodes miocenicus

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3226, 1998

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 39062393