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First Mesozoic Microphysidae (Hemiptera): a new genus and species in Late Cretaceous amber from Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2012

Ryan C. McKellar  and
Michael S. Engel
Ryan C. McKellar*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 1–26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3
Michael S. Engel
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66049-2811, United States of America
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: rcm1@ualberta.ca).
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Abstract

A new genus and species of microphysid bug is described and illustrated from two individuals preserved in Late Cretaceous (Campanian) amber from Alberta, Canada. Popovophysa entzmingerigen. et sp. nov. is distinguished from its fossil and modern counterparts. The new species has attributes of the two currently recognized subfamilies Ciorullinae and Microphysinae, suggesting that those taxa may not be distinct and are in need of cladistic analysis.

Résumé

Nous décrivons et illustrons un nouveau genre et une nouvelle espèce de punaise de la famille des microphysidés d'après deux individus préservés dans l'ambre du crétacé supérieur (campanien) de l'Alberta, Canada. Nous distinguons Popovophysa entzmingerigen. et sp. nov. de ses pendants fossiles et modernes. La nouvelle espèce possède des attributs de deux sous-familles actuellement reconnues, les Ciorullinae et les Microphysinae, ce qui laisse croire que ces taxons ne sont pas distincts et qu'ils requièrent une analyse cladistique.

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Type
Systematics & Morphology
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 143 , Issue 4 , August 2011 , pp. 349 - 357
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2011

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