An unusual, primitive piesmatid (Insecta, Heteroptera) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma) ; American Museum novitates, no. 3611

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dc.contributor.authorGrimaldi, David A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEngel, Michael S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-11T16:10:59Z
dc.date.available2008-04-11T16:10:59Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.description17 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_US
dc.description.abstractCretopiesma 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.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5909
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates, no. 3611en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.3611 2008en_US
dc.subject.lcshCretopiesma suukyiae.en_US
dc.subject.lcshAmber fossils -- Burma.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Cretaceous -- Burma.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Burma.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPiesmatidae -- Phylogeny.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsects, Fossil -- Burma.en_US
dc.titleAn unusual, primitive piesmatid (Insecta, Heteroptera) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma) ; American Museum novitates, no. 3611en_US
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