Palaeotanyrhina exophthalma gen. et sp. nov. (Palaeotanyrhinidae fam. nov.) (Reduvioidea: Hemiptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

George Poinar Jr; Alex E. Brown; Péter Kóbor

doi:10.18476/pale.v15.a5

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15 July 2022 Palaeotanyrhina exophthalma gen. et sp. nov. (Palaeotanyrhinidae fam. nov.) (Reduvioidea: Hemiptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

George Poinar Jr, Alex E. Brown, Péter Kóbor

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Palaeodiversity, 15(1):73-82 (2022). https://doi.org/10.18476/pale.v15.a5

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Palaeotanyrhina exophthalma gen. et sp. nov. is described in a new family, Palaeotanyrhinidae fam. nov., (Reduvoidea: Hemiptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Diagnostic characters of Palaeotanyrhina exophthalma gen. et sp. nov. include large stalked eyes, an extended head, a 4-segmented labium that reaches the tip of the abdomen and an extremely short, vertical first segment, ocelli on a synthlipsic tubercle between the eyes, forewing membrane lacking veins, a 3-3-3 tarsal formula and fossula spongiosa on the fore tarsi.

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George Poinar Jr, Alex E. Brown, and Péter Kóbor "Palaeotanyrhina exophthalma gen. et sp. nov. (Palaeotanyrhinidae fam. nov.) (Reduvioidea: Hemiptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber," Palaeodiversity 15(1), 73-82, (15 July 2022). https://doi.org/10.18476/pale.v15.a5

Received: 6 June 2022; Accepted: 9 June 2022; Published: 15 July 2022

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