An additional ✝Archearadinae flat-bug species from Cretaceous Burmese Amber (Hemiptera, Aradidae)

By

Cumming, Royce
Mlynarek, Julia

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1219

Pages

123--133

Subjects

Burma , Cenomanian , extinct , Heteroptera , Myanmar , new species , Pentatomomorpha

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1219.137409

 

Abstract

Currently 19 species of Aradidae (flat bugs) are known from the Cretaceous deposits of Burma (Burmese/Kachin amber). In reviewing unidentified aradid species from this deposit, an unnamed species was located. This aradid includes a unique combination of features from several Cretaceous aradid genera coupled with apomorphic antennae morphology allows easy differentiation from other aradids. Therefore, a new genus and species is herein described as Sauronaradus meganaegen. et. sp. nov. to accommodate these unique features.