A new family of grylloblattids (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
Author
STOROZHENKO, SERGEY YU.
Author
GRÖHN, CARSTEN
text
Palaeoentomology
2023
2023-04-28
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2
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.2.8
journal article
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10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.2.8
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Aristovia daniili
Storozhenko & Gröhn
sp. nov.
(
Figs 1–4
)
Holotype
.
Adult female,
GPIH
no. 5084,
CCGG
no. 11293, stored at the
Geology
and
Palaeontology Museum
of the
University
of
Hamburg
,
Germany
.
FIGURE 1.
Aristovia daniili
gen et sp. nov.
, photograph of holotype.
A
, Habitus, dorsal view.
B
, The same, ventral view. Scale bars = 5 mm.
FIGURE 2
.
Aristovia daniili
gen et sp. nov.
, photograph of holotype.
A
, Head and pronotum, dorsal view.
B
, Eggs, ventral view. Photograph by D.E. Shcherbakov. Reproduced with author’s permission. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Material.
Amber piece of irregular rectangular shape, from left and rear edges widely rounded, approximately 30 × 25 ×
8 mm
, more or less flat from above and below (directions given according to the position of
holotype
); transparent. Inclusion includes
holotype
of new species and fragments of plant debris and insects. The specimen is located in dorsal position, almost intact, but the abdomen is lost, all wings are in resting position, and a few eggs are present (
Figs 1
,
2
).
Etymology.
The new species is named in honor of our friend and colleague Daniil Aristov who acquainted us with the study of this species.
Diagnosis
. As for the genus.
Type locality and horizon.
Hukawng Valley,
Kachin State
, northern
Myanmar
; lowermost Cenomanian, mid-Cretaceous.
Description.
Body brown. Mandibles, lacinia and maxillary palp blackish brown, galea brown, antennae black. Pronotum light brown. Wings transparent with brown veins. Legs brown, claws light brown. Eggs black with narrow light stripes along longitudinal ridges.