A new needle stonefly with parasitic mites from the Eocene Baltic amber
Baltileuctra dewalti Chen sp. nov., a new extinct species of needle stoneflies (Leuctridae, Plecoptera), is described and illustrated from the Eocene Baltic amber and compared to the other leuctrids. Baltileuctra dewalti Chen sp. nov. differs from both extant and extinct representatives of Leuc...
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| author | ZHI-TENG CHEN HONG-LING LIU |
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| description | Baltileuctra dewalti Chen sp. nov., a new extinct species
of needle stoneflies (Leuctridae, Plecoptera), is described
and illustrated from the Eocene Baltic amber and compared
to the other leuctrids. Baltileuctra dewalti Chen sp.
nov. differs from both extant and extinct representatives of
Leuctridae by a combination of morphological characters
including wing venation, unique terminalia structures, and
cercal modification. The most distinguishable character
for the new taxon is the presence of two dentate long spines
lateral to a well-developed subanal probe. Several parasitic
mites are also found on the new stonefly. This is the earliest
known fossil evidence for mite parasitism in Plecoptera. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d94372bb9084c34ba0f091f1f02f87b2022-12-22T04:30:55ZengInstitute of Paleobiology PASActa Palaeontologica Polonica0567-79201732-24212022-09-0167364965410.4202/app.00984.2022A new needle stonefly with parasitic mites from the Eocene Baltic amberZHI-TENG CHEN0HONG-LING LIU1School of Grain Science and Technology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, 212004, China.Institute of Plant Protection, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management of Southwest Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, 610066, China.Baltileuctra dewalti Chen sp. nov., a new extinct species of needle stoneflies (Leuctridae, Plecoptera), is described and illustrated from the Eocene Baltic amber and compared to the other leuctrids. Baltileuctra dewalti Chen sp. nov. differs from both extant and extinct representatives of Leuctridae by a combination of morphological characters including wing venation, unique terminalia structures, and cercal modification. The most distinguishable character for the new taxon is the presence of two dentate long spines lateral to a well-developed subanal probe. Several parasitic mites are also found on the new stonefly. This is the earliest known fossil evidence for mite parasitism in Plecoptera.https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app67/app009842022.pdf |
| spellingShingle | ZHI-TENG CHEN HONG-LING LIU A new needle stonefly with parasitic mites from the Eocene Baltic amber Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |
| title | A new needle stonefly with parasitic mites from the Eocene Baltic amber |
| title_full | A new needle stonefly with parasitic mites from the Eocene Baltic amber |
| title_fullStr | A new needle stonefly with parasitic mites from the Eocene Baltic amber |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new needle stonefly with parasitic mites from the Eocene Baltic amber |
| title_short | A new needle stonefly with parasitic mites from the Eocene Baltic amber |
| title_sort | new needle stonefly with parasitic mites from the eocene baltic amber |
| url | https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app67/app009842022.pdf |
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