Open AccessAn earwig in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (Dermaptera)
Author(s) -
Michael S. Engel,
Vincent Perrichot
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
paleontological contributions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1946-0279
DOI - 10.17161/pc.1808.15984
Subject(s) - nymph , cretaceous , cenomanian , fossil record , paleontology , zoology , biology
A new fossil earwig nymph is described and figured from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Santonian) amber of Vendée, northwestern France. Vendeenympha gravesi n. gen. and sp., is distinguished from previously recorded nymphs in other French fossil deposits and compared to modern lineages. This is the third record of earwig nymphs in French Cretaceous ambers.
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