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Article Dans Une Revue Cretaceous Research Année : 2011

New earwig nymphs (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae) in mid-Cretaceous amber fromFrance

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A new genus and species of earwig is described and figured from Early Cretaceous (Latest Albian­Earliest Cenomanian) amber of southwestern France. The holotype was studied using traditional light microscopy as well as through propagation phase contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography, rendering high resolution three-dimensional models for critical examination. Gallinympha walleri Perrichot & Engel, new genus and species, is represented by two late instar nymphs missing only portions of the abdomen, as well as most of the head for the paratype. The genus is a member of the Pygidicranidae, one of the most basal of living earwigs, and is distinguished from other taxa in the family. A thorough account of the specimen's morphology is provided along with a detailed comparison with similar structures across a diversity of primitive earwig lineages.

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Paléontologie

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insu-00610287 , version 1 (21-07-2011)

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Vincent Perrichot, Michael S. Engel, André Nel, Paul Tafforeau, Carmen Soriano. New earwig nymphs (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae) in mid-Cretaceous amber fromFrance. Cretaceous Research, 2011, 32 (3), pp.325-330. ⟨10.1016/j.cretres.2011.01.004⟩. ⟨insu-00610287⟩
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