A giant mite in Cretaceous Burmese amber
<p>An unusually large acariform mite is described as <i>Immensmaris</i> <i>chewbaccei</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma) Burmese amber of Myanmar. With an idiosoma plus gnathosoma more than a centimetre long, it represents the largest un...
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| author | J. A. Dunlop K. Frahnert J. Mąkol |
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| description | <p>An unusually large acariform mite is described as <i>Immensmaris</i>
<i>chewbaccei</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma)
Burmese amber of Myanmar. With an idiosoma plus gnathosoma more than a
centimetre long, it represents the largest unequivocal fossil mite ever
recorded and approaches the maximum size of the largest living Acariformes
today. Although some details of the dorsal idiosoma are equivocal, the new
fossil appears to belong to Smarididae (Prostigmata: Parasitengona:
Erythraeoidea) and also represents the largest erythraeoid mite ever
discovered, indicating a clade of giant, possibly arboreal, mites in the Late
Cretaceous of southeastern Asia.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f5c85351072480191d4df79b8159ff02024-01-02T09:17:01ZengPensoft PublishersFossil Record2193-00662193-00742018-10-012128529010.5194/fr-21-285-2018A giant mite in Cretaceous Burmese amberJ. A. Dunlop0K. Frahnert1J. Mąkol2Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germanyprivate address: Maxim-Gorki Str. 15a, 14513 Teltow, GermanyDepartment of Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5B, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland<p>An unusually large acariform mite is described as <i>Immensmaris</i> <i>chewbaccei</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma) Burmese amber of Myanmar. With an idiosoma plus gnathosoma more than a centimetre long, it represents the largest unequivocal fossil mite ever recorded and approaches the maximum size of the largest living Acariformes today. Although some details of the dorsal idiosoma are equivocal, the new fossil appears to belong to Smarididae (Prostigmata: Parasitengona: Erythraeoidea) and also represents the largest erythraeoid mite ever discovered, indicating a clade of giant, possibly arboreal, mites in the Late Cretaceous of southeastern Asia.</p>https://www.foss-rec.net/21/285/2018/fr-21-285-2018.pdf |
| spellingShingle | J. A. Dunlop K. Frahnert J. Mąkol A giant mite in Cretaceous Burmese amber Fossil Record |
| title | A giant mite in Cretaceous Burmese amber |
| title_full | A giant mite in Cretaceous Burmese amber |
| title_fullStr | A giant mite in Cretaceous Burmese amber |
| title_full_unstemmed | A giant mite in Cretaceous Burmese amber |
| title_short | A giant mite in Cretaceous Burmese amber |
| title_sort | giant mite in cretaceous burmese amber |
| url | https://www.foss-rec.net/21/285/2018/fr-21-285-2018.pdf |
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