Three new species of the lacebug genus Tingiometra from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae: Tingiometrinae)

Zootaxa. 2020 Apr 29;4767(4):zootaxa.4767.4.3. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.4.3.

Abstract

Three new fossil species of the genus Tingiometra Heiss et al., 2015 (T. pankowskii sp. nov., T. secunda sp. nov., T. yuripopovi sp. nov.) of the family Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae: Tingiometrinae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber (northern Myanmar) are described and illustrated. Features of similarities and differences between the four known Tingiometra species are discussed and a key to species is provided.

Keywords: Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Tingidae, Tingiometrinae, Tingiometra, new species, Burmese Amber, Myanmar, cretaceous, fossil.

MeSH terms

  • Amber*
  • Animals
  • Fossils
  • Heteroptera*

Substances

  • Amber