The family Polycentropodidae (Insecta, Trichoptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 Three described species, Neureclipsis triangula sp. nov., Neureclipsis acuta sp. nov., and Neureclipsis obtusa sp. nov., expand the Neureclipsis cluster to six species dominating the Polycentropodidae in Burmese amber.
Wilfried Wichard, Chunpeng Xu
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New mimarachnids (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Fulgoroidea) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 A new genus and species, Multistria orthotropa gen. et sp. nov., and a new species, Dachibangus hui sp. nov., of Mimarachnidae are described from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber.
Xiao Zhang +4 more
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Description of a new species of Eucinetidae (Coleoptera, Scirtoidea) from Cretaceous Burmese amber [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Eucinetus parvus sp. nov. is described from late Cretaceous Burmese amber, representing the second record of Eucinetidae from the Burmese amber and the first species of the family with simple, not piercing, mouthparts.
Xueyong Du +3 more
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Palerasnitsynus gen. n. (Trichoptera, Psychomyiidae) from Burmese amber [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2011 Palerasnitsynus ohlhoffi gen. et sp. n. is described from Burmese amber of late Albian (Lower Cretaceous) age. This is the first record of the family Psychomyiidae from Burmese amber, and the earliest fossil record of the family.
Wilfried Wichard, Emma Ross, Andrew Ross
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Click beetle larvae from Cretaceous Burmese amber represent an ancient Gondwanan lineage [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe click beetles (Elateridae) represent the major and well-known group of the polyphagan superfamily Elateroidea. Despite a relatively rich fossil record of Mesozoic Elateridae, only a few species are described from the Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber ...
Robin Kundrata +5 more
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Nuttalliellidae in Burmese amber: implications for tick evolution [PDF]
ParasitologyTicks are composed of 3 extant families (Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae) and 2 extinct families (Deinocrotonidae and Khimairidae). The Nuttalliellidae possess one extant species (Nuttalliella namaqua) limited to the Afrotropic region.
Lidia Chitimia-Dobler +5 more
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Burmese Amber Fossils, Mining, Sales and Profits [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2020 The present work investigates the mining and sale of fossiliferous Burmese amber to determine if the profits are being used by the Myanmar military to commit atrocities against minority groups or ethnic armies within the country, as recently implied ...
George Poinar, Sieghard Ellenberger
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A new cockroach (Blattodea, Corydiidae) with pectinate antennae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 A new species of fossil cockroach, Fragosublatta pectinata gen. et sp. nov., is described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The new species is assigned to the family Corydiidae based on the following combination of characters: pronotum with tubercles ...
Guanyu Chen +4 more
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First Record of the Family Malachiidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from Mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber with a Description of Burmalachius acroantennatus Gen. et Spec. Nov. [PDF]
Life, 2023 A new soft-winged flower beetle, Burmalachius acroantennatus gen. et sp. nov. belonging to the tribe Malachiini (Coleoptera: Malachiidae), discovered in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber is described.
Sergei E. Tshernyshev, Andrei A. Legalov
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Hard ticks in Burmese amber with Australasian affinities. [PDF]
Parasitology, 2023 Three examples of metastriate hard ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) with apparent affinities to modern Australasian genera are described from the mid-Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma) Burmese amber of Myanmar. Two nymphs of Bothriocroton muelleri sp. nov.
Chitimia-Dobler L +5 more
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