Webspinners in Early Eocene amber from western India (Insecta, Embiodea)

By

Engel, Michael S.
Grimaldi, David A.
Singh, Hukam
Nascimbene, Paul C.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

148

Pages

197-208

Subjects

Embiidina , Embioptera , India , Neoembiodea , Polyneoptera , taxonomy , Tertiary

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.148.1712

 

Abstract

The family Scelembiidae (Neoembiodea: Embiomorpha: Archembioidea) is recorded from Asia for the first time, based on two individuals preserved in Early Eocene amber from the Cambay Basin, western India. Kumarembia hurleyi Engel & Grimaldi, gen. n. et sp. n., is described, figured, and distinguished from other archembioid genera. The genus shares male genitalic features with scelembiids, otherwise known from South America and Africa.