title: A remarkable fossil leptosaldine bug from Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha: Leptopodidae).
abstract: A new genus and species of leptosaldine bugs, Leptosaldinea cobbeni gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodidae) is described and illustrated from Burmese Middle Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) amber found in Kachin State, northern Myanmar. This is the third record of a leptosaldine bug from Burmese amber. A brief analysis of the characters and systematic relationships of Leptosaldinae is provided.
authors.affiliation: A.A.Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya str. 123, 117997 Moscow, Russia; Email: popovpin@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yuri A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.affiliation: Entomology Research Associate, Tiroler Landesmuseum, Josef-Schraffl-Strasse 2a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; Email: aradus@aon.at.
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heiss
mesh_terms: D018647:Amber / Q000737:chemistry; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D005580:Fossils / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D002052:Myanmar; D009929:Organ Size
chemical_list: D018647:Amber