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- Title
Primitive new termites (Blattodea, Termitoidae) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar.
- Authors
Jiang, Yurong; Deng, Xinru; Shih, Chungkun; Zhao, Yunyun; Ren, Dong; Zhao, Zhipeng
- Abstract
Mastotermitidae, the first-diverging extant family of termites, has only one relic extant species; however, this family had greater richness during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. Fossil termites from the Cretaceous provide information on the early evolution of termites and the transition between extinct families. Herein, two new Mastotermitidae species found in upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Kachin amber are reported. One is a female imago described as Angustitermes reflexus gen. et sp. nov. and assigned to the subfamily Mastotermitinae. The other is Mastotermes reticulatus sp. nov., which is described from an isolated forewing. With the comparison especially of the antenna and venation, these new mastotermitids further increase our knowledge of the diversity and morphology of Mastotermitidae during the Mesozoic.
- Subjects
MYANMAR; CENOZOIC Era; MESOZOIC Era; INSECT societies; ANTENNAS (Electronics)
- Publication
ZooKeys, 2024, Issue 1197, p115
- ISSN
1313-2989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/zookeys.1197.114452