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Issue: Vol. 9 No. 1: February 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-02-25
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.9.1.4
Page range: 13-24
Abstract views: 65
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New species of Clothodidae and Scelembiidae (Insecta: Embiodea) with diverse terminalia from Myanmar amber

South China Biodiversity Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
South China Biodiversity Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
South China Biodiversity Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Insecta Embiodea Mesozoic Upper Cretaceous new genus terminalia

Abstract

Two new genera and three new species of webspinners, Electroclothoda aroliata gen. et sp. nov., Cretembia longimandibula gen. et sp. nov. and Parasorellembia grandiocula sp. nov., are described from the Upper Cretaceous of Myanmar amber. Electroclothoda aroliata gen. et sp. nov. is classified in the Clothodidae by having symmetrical male terminalia and an undivided tenth abdominal tergum. Cretembia longimandibula gen. et sp. nov. and Parasorellembia grandiocula sp. nov. are attributed to the Scelembiidae based on their distinctive terminalia: asymmetrical male terminalia, slender left cercus and robust, hook-shaped right cercus. Furthermore, a more detailed interpretation of terminalia architecture in Scelembiidae is provided.

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