The oldest fossil piesmatid bug in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Piesmatidae)

The oldest fossil piesmatid bug in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Piesmatidae)

The oldest fossil Piesmatidae, Eopiesma trimerum n. gen., n. sp. is described from the Lowermost Eocene amber of Paris Basin (France). It is considered as the sister group of all other Piesmatidae. This family probable diversified during the Lower Cenozoic.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: André Nel, Alain Waller, Gaėl De Ploëg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 2004-01-01
Series:Geologica Acta
Online Access:https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/1832

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