Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10122002 | Cretaceous Research | 2018 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
Hukawngichthyurus kyawkhaingwini gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burmite). The new species belongs to the subfamily Cantharinae Imhoff, 1856, especially the last urites in a kind of fishtail are, similar to the representatives of tribe Ichthyurini Champion, 1915, subfamily Chauliognathinae LeConte, 1861, whose taxa are currently found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere and the Oriental region. This peculiar aspect makes us assume that we are dealing with a probable case of adaptive convergence and confirms that the arthropods (and plants) in Burmese amber have many similarities with the faunas of Gondwana.
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Authors
Fabrizio Fanti, Sieghard Ellenberger,