The first diplatyid earwig in Tertiary amber (Dermaptera: Diplatyidae): A new species from Miocene Mexican amber
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Ross, Andrew
Engel, M S
Date published
2013
Abstract
The first earwig (Dermaptera) to be described from Mexican (Miocene) amber is named Haplodiplatys crightoni Ross & Engel sp.n., represented by an adult female and constituting the second record of the basal family Diplatyidae in the fossil record. Brief comments are made regarding the biogeographic implications of the fossil and the evolutionary history of Diplatyidae.
Journal title
Insect Systematics & Evolution
Volume
44
Issue
2
Publisher
Brill
Place of publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISSN
1399-560X
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