A new earwig (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber

作者：Ren, Mingyue; Zhang, Weiting; Shih, Chungkun; Ren, Dong^*

来源：Cretaceous Research, 2017, 74: 137-141.

DOI：10.1016/j.cretres.2017.02.012

• Mesozoic
• Gracilipygia
• Neodermaptera
• Fossil insects

A new genus and species, Gracilipygia canaliculata gen. et sp. nov., in the family Pygidicranidae of Dermaptera is described from the Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber. The new species is assigned to the subfamily Pyragrinae mainly based on the following characters: broadly separated cercal forceps without segmentation and the posterior abdominal tergum with mediolongitudinal furrow and lateral ridges. The G. canaliculata gen. et sp. nov. is the earliest record hitherto for the subfamily Pyragrinae, and probably represents a stem taxa of Pyragrinae.

• 出版日期2017-6
• 单位首都师范大学