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Talaya batraba gen. et sp. nov. – the First Nymph of a Protopsyllidiid (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psyllomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous Amber of Lebanon
Author(s) -
DROHOJOWSKA Jowita,
SZWEDO Jacek,
AZAR Dany
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/1755-6724.12027
Subject(s) - nymph , sternorrhyncha , cretaceous , hemiptera , taxon , lineage (genetic) , fossil record , biology , mesozoic , paleontology , zoology , botany , structural basin , genetics , gene
A hemipteran nymph of the sternorrhynchan lineage, placed in the family Protopsyllidiidae is the first found in the fossil record, based on an inclusion in amber from the Lower Cretaceous of Hammana / Mdeyrij, Abeih Formation, Central Lebanon. Based on distinctive features such as a median dorsal elevation and the presence of a large, conical, exposed, setiferous anal tube, the fossil is placed in Talaya batraba gen. et sp. nov. and the newly erected taxon is compared to known nymphs of extinct Protopsyllidiidae. The evolutionary traits of the family and its relatives are considered.