A new species of Mayfly, Maccaffertium annae sp. n. (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) from Mexican Amber (Miocene)
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Creator (person)
Macadam, C R
Ross, Andrew
Date published
2016
Abstract
Maccaffertium annae sp. n. is described in the Mexican amber of early Miocene age. It constitutes the first species of mayfly (Ephemeroptera), the first record of the family Heptageniidae to be described from this amber, and also the first fossil record of the genus Maccaffertium. The species is represented by male and female imagos in one piece of amber.
Journal title
Boletàn de la Sociedad Geolà³gica Mexicana
Volume
68
Issue
1
Publisher
Sociedad Geolà³gica Mexicana
ISSN
1405-3322
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