title: A new genus and species of the paraneopteran family Archipsyllidae in mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar.
abstract: Paraneoptera is a group of orders, representing one of the highly diverse clades of winged insects. Paleozoic and Mesozoic fossil paraneopterans include a few primitive species, which are significant for understanding the early evolution of Paraneoptera. Here we report a new genus and species, namely Burmopsylla maculata gen. et sp. nov. from the mid-Cretaceous (ca. 99 Myr) amber of Myanmar. The new genus belongs to the family Archipsyllidae by having hindwing similar to forewing (shape, size and venation), presence of forewing ra-rp, rp-m and cua-cup crossveins, two-branched R, four-branched M, and four-segmented tarsus. The new species represents the second species of Archipsyllidae in Cretaceous Burmese amber.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Feiyang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Three Gorges Entomological Museum, Chongqing 400015, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Weiwei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China Three Gorges Entomological Museum, Chongqing 400015, China; Email: xingyue_liu@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Xingyue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D018647:Amber / Q000737:chemistry*; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D005580:Fossils / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D002052:Myanmar; D009929:Organ Size
chemical_list: D018647:Amber