Preheterobathmia gen. nov. – a new non-glossatan taxon from Myanmar amber tentatively assigned to Heterobathmiidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera)

By

Mey, Wolfram

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-1-5

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

47

Pages

1--10

Subjects

ancestral Lepidoptera , Burmese amber , Fossils , historical biogeography , Phylogeny

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.47.111080

 

Abstract

The description of a new fossil taxon Preheterobathmia grimaldiigen. nov. et sp. nov. is provided from Myanmar amber. The new taxon is tentatively assigned to the extant family Heterobathmiidae based on corresponding architecture of the female genitalia. It displays an interesting mixture of plesiomorphies and apomorphies, which are discussed in a comparison between Preheterobathmiagen. nov. and Heterobathmia. The fossil provides new information to the phylogeny and historical biogeography of ancestral Lepidoptera.