A new non-jumping plant-louse (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Malmopsyllidae) in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, northern Myanmar. (August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Guiping; Wang, Xiaoli; Zhuo, De; Chen, Jun
• Is Part Of: Cretaceous research. Volume 124(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-08
• Subjects: Sternorrhyncha -- Malmopsyllidae -- New genus -- mid-Cretaceous -- Kachin amber; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cretaceous -- Periodicals; 551.77
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104816
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0195-6671

Abstract

Abstract: The plant-louse subfamily Miralinae, as a bizarre extinct psylloid lineage displaying some unique body structures and wing characteristics, was recently erected on the basis of the monotypic genus Mirala reported in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar. Herein, Burmala liaoyaoi gen. et sp. nov., as the second genus and species of Miralinae, is described and illustrated from the same amber biota. The new genus is discriminated from Mirala by possessing elongate compound eyes, lateral ocelli close to anterior margin of compound eyes, and forewings with the wing tip at ending of vein M, very thick and long bScP, complete CuA2 and CuP, etc. Our new finding provides additional morphological information for the intriguing Miralinae, further adding the biodiversity and disparity of this plant-louse subfamily.