2017年, 第42卷, 第3期　
刊出日期：2017-07-24

  

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  A catalogue of Burmite inclusions

  Mingxia Guo, Lida Xing, Bo Wang, Weiwei Zhang, Shuo Wang, Aimin Shi, Ming Bai

  动物分类学报. 2017, 42(3): 249-379. https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201715

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  Burmite (Burmese amber) from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar is a remarkable valuable and obviously the most important amber for studying terrestrial diversity in the mid-Cretaceous. The diversity of Burmite inclusions is very high and many new taxa were found, including new order, new family/subfamily, and new genus. Till the end of 2016, 14 phyla, 21 classes, 65 orders, 279 families, 515 genera and 643 species of organisms are recorded, which are summized and complied in this catalogue. Among them, 587 species are arthropods. In addtion, the specimens which can not be identified into species are also listed in the paper. The information on type specimens, other materials, host and deposition of types are provided.
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  A remarkable new genus of Cretaceous dustywings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in amber from northern Myanmar

  Xingyue Liu, Xiumei Lu

  动物分类学报. 2017, 42(3): 380-389. https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201716

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  A new dustywing genus and species, namely Cretaconiopteryx grandis gen. & sp. nov., from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar is herein described in the lacewing family Coniopterygidae. The new genus is distinguished from all other dustywing species by the combination of following morphological features: relatively large body-size, comparatively rich crossvenation, origin of RP+MA near wing base in both fore- and hindwing, forewing RA and RP terminally fused into a loop, and proximally zig-zagged forewing CuP. A new subfamily, Cretaconiopteryginae subfam. nov., is erected based on this spectacular new genus. The new subfamily might represent the basalmost lineage of known coniopterygids.
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  Electraesalopsis beuteli gen. & sp. nov., the first lucanid beetle from the Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

  Tengfei Qiu, Yuanyuan Lu, Weiwei Zhang, Shuo Wang, Yuxia Yang, Ming Bai

  动物分类学报. 2017, 42(3): 390-394. https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201717

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  The first stag beetle found in Cretaceous Myanmar amber, Electraesalopsis beuteli Bai, Zhang & Qiu gen. & sp. nov., is described and illustrated on the basis of one well-preserved specimen. This specimen provides more detailed morphological characters compared with compression fossils, e.g. the highly setose antennae and the punctured elytra. However, the systematic position of the new genus is still questionable and we provisionally place it as Lucanidae incertae sedis. In addition, the discovery of Electraesalopsis Bai, Zhang & Qiu gen. nov. also indicates that there is very high biodiversity in Burmese amber. The new discoveries in future studies on Burmese amber will provide more information and improve our knowledge of biogeography and early evolution of the Lucanidae.