Original Paper

A new genus and species of Tingidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) from Myanmar, with the analysis of the evolution of hood, carinae and paranota

  • Sile Du ,
  • Yunzhi Yao
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  • Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Change, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China

Online published: 2018-07-24

Supported by

This project is supported by Joint Fund of the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation and Beijing Municipal Education Commission (KZ201810028046), grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31730087, 41688103 and 31672323), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT-17R75), the Support Project of High-level Teachers in Beijing Municipal Universities in the Period of 13th Five-year Plan (IDHT20180518) and the Youth Innovative Research Team Project of Capital Normal University.

Abstract

Cucullitingis biacantha gen. & sp. nov., a new genus and species of the family Tingidae is described and established based on two fossil specimens from the mid-Cretaceous Burma amber. According to the statistical result of fossil tingids, the evolution of hood, carinae and paranota was discussed.

Cite this article

Sile Du , Yunzhi Yao . A new genus and species of Tingidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) from Myanmar, with the analysis of the evolution of hood, carinae and paranota[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2018 , 43(3) : 283 -293 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201828

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