New mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) in Cretaceous ambers from Lebanon, Spain, and Myanmar

Delclà²s, Xavier; Peà±alver, Enrique; Arillo, Antonio; Engel, Michael S; Nel, A; Dany, Azar; Ross, Andrew

New mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) in Cretaceous ambers from Lebanon, Spain, and Myanmar

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

Delclà²s, Xavier

Peà±alver, Enrique

Arillo, Antonio

Engel, Michael S

Nel, A

Dany, Azar

Ross, Andrew

Date published

May 5, 2016

Abstract

Diverse new material of mantises found in the Cretaceous amber-bearing deposits from Lebanon (Barremian), Spain (Albian), and Myanmar (Albian–Cenomanian) are described and figured. The Lebanese and Spanish forms are nymphs; while the one from Myanmar is an adult specimen. The Lebanese nymph corresponds to a new specimen of Burmantis lebanensis Grimaldi, 2003 while the adult Burmese (Myanmar) specimen belongs to the new species Burmantis zherikhini. The Spanish specimen represents a new genus and species and is established as Aragonimantis aenigma, but is considered family incertae sedis. The Spanish specimen is the first record of Mesozoic mantises from western-European amber deposits. A revised phylogenetic hypothesis for Cretaceous mantises is proposed.