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Issue: Vol. 2 No. 1: March 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-03-28
DOI: 10.11646/mesozoic.2.1.1
Page range: 1-3
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 34

A new large-sized flat bug from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: Cretozemira gregori sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Aradidae)

Research Associate; Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum; Josef Schraffl Strasse 2a; A 6020 Innsbruck; Austria
Hemiptera Heteroptera Aradidae Cretozemira gregori

Abstract

Twelve genera and 20 species of Aradidae are reported and described to date from the mid-Cretaceous amber deposits of Kachin State (Northern Myanmar) (Ross, 2024).

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