New Tridactyloidea in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera: Caelifera) |
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| Authors: | Sam W. Heads |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Illinois Natural History Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign , IL , 61820–6960 , USA swheads@illinois.edu |
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| Abstract: | Two new Tridactyloidea of the families Ripipterygidae and Tridactylidae are described from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber of the Dominican Republic, namely: Archaeoellipes engeli n. gen., n. sp. (Tridactylidae: Tridactylinae) and Mirhipipteryx antillarum n. sp. (Ripipterygidae). These new taxa represent the fi rst record of Tridactyloidea in Dominican amber and the fi rst fossil record of Ripipterygidae, which are otherwise known only from the extant fauna. |
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| Keywords: | Tridactylidae Ripipterygidae Early Miocene Burdigalian Hispaniola |
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