Further evidence of Cretaceous termitophily: Description of new termite hosts of the trichopseniine Cretotrichopsenius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with emendations to the classification of lower termites (Isoptera)
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JIANG, RI-XIN
Author
ZHANG, HONG-RUI
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ELDREDGE, K. TARO
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SONG, XIAO-BIN
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LI, YAN-DA
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TIHELKA, ERIK
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HUANG, DI-YING
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WANG, SHUO
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ENGEL, MICHAEL S.
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CAI, CHEN-YANG
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Palaeoentomology
2021
2021-08-31
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.4.13
journal article
10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.4.13
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Tanytermitalis philetaerus
Engel & Cai
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 1B, D
,
7
)
Holotype
.
Holotype
alate,
NIGP174707
.
In
mid-
Cretaceous
amber from
Kachin Province
, northern
Myanmar
.
Deposited
in the
Nanjing Institute of Geology
and
Palaeontology
,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
,
Nanjing
,
China
.
Etymology.
The specific epithet is taken from the Greek term
ΦΙΛέταΙΡΟΣ
(
philetairos
) [composed of
ΦῘÌΛΟΣ
(
phílos
), meaning, “beloved”, and
ἑταῖΡΟΣ
(
hetaîros
), meaning, “friend”), and refers to the relationship between these termites and their inquilines.
Diagnosis.
As for the genus (
vide supra
).
Description.
Imago: Total body length (as preserved)
5.28 mm
; length of head to apex of labrum
1.12 mm
; head width
0.68 mm
; compound eye diameter
0.22 mm
; distance from compound eye to posterior margin
0.36 mm
; pronotal medial length
0.50 mm
; pronotal width
0.87 mm
; metatibial length
0.58 mm
; length of forewing with scale
6.72 mm
; forewing width
2.24 mm
. Integument dark brown, microsculpturing of head finely imbricate. Setation of head and body sparse; setae not evident on pronotum. Rs with four simple branches, Rs terminating before wing apex; M with four main branches, M terminating at wing apex, basalmost branch terminating at apical quarter of posterior wing margin; CuA pectinately branched, with at least four simple branches (remainder of CuA obscured in
holotype
), cubital field occupying majority of posterior wing margin.