A NEW NEOMACHILELLUS SPECIES FROM MIOCENE AMBER OF THE DOMINICAN-REPUBLIC AND ITS PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS (ARCHAEOGNATHA, MEINERTELLIDAE)

Authors
STURM H POINAR GO
Citation
H. Sturm et Go. Poinar, A NEW NEOMACHILELLUS SPECIES FROM MIOCENE AMBER OF THE DOMINICAN-REPUBLIC AND ITS PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS (ARCHAEOGNATHA, MEINERTELLIDAE), Entomologia generalis, 22(2), 1997, pp. 157-170
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Entomologia generalis → ACNP
ISSN journal
01718177
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
157 - 170
Database
ISI
SICI code
0171-8177(1997)22:2<157:ANNSFM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The first species of the ordo Archaeognatha from amber of the Dominica n Republic (age ca 20-25 million years) is described: All of the more than 100 examined specimens can be assigned to a single species, Neoma chilellus (Praeneomachilellus) dominicanus n.subgen n.sp. Concerning f ossil species of Archaeognatha, also the first record and description is given for the 2 freeliving unsealed developmental stages.