A new species and genus of Alienopteridae (Blattodea) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 10 Mar 2021Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Zootaxa, volume 4,941 (issn: 1175-5326, eissn: 1175-5334,

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Authors: Chen, Xin-Yu; Zhang, Hua-Chuan; Shi, Xiaoxiao;

doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4941.4.7

pmid: 33756925

A new species and genus of Alienopteridae (Blattodea) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar

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Abstract

Eminespina burma gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on a female embedded in Cretaceous Burmese amber of Cenomanian age. Autapomorphic are three unique spines distributed anterior quarter of pronotum from longer posterior part. The new evidence of Batesian mimicry in the insect fossil record is briefly discussed.

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Insecta, Arthropoda, Alienopteridae, Fossils, Cockroaches, Biodiversity, Myanmar, Amber, Animalia, Animals, Female, Alienoptera, Taxonomy

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