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2017 , Vol. 42 >Issue 2: 243 - 247

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201714

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A new species of Chresmodidae from mid-Cretaceous amber discovered in Myanmar

  • Weiwei Zhang ,
  • Wanzhi Cai ,
  • Wenzhu Li ,
  • Xingke Yang ,
  • Siqin Ge
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China 2P.O. Box 4680, Chongqing 400015, China 3Department of Entomology, China Agriculture University, Beijing 100094, China

Online published: 2017-04-24

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GSQ is supported by a grant (Y229YX5105) from the Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Abstract

The extinct new species, Chresmoda chikuni Zhang & Ge, sp. nov. is described from the Mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. This amber insect exhibits a very peculiar combination of derived characters like strongly elongated, free coxae, non-clawed pretarsus. The type specimens are deposited in the Three Gorges Entomological Museum, Chongqing, China.

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Weiwei Zhang , Wanzhi Cai , Wenzhu Li , Xingke Yang , Siqin Ge . A new species of Chresmodidae from mid-Cretaceous amber discovered in Myanmar[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2017 , 42(2) : 243 -247 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201714

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