Biology:Aphrastomedes
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Aphrastomedes is an extinct genus of cimicomorphan true bug in the order Heteroptera. It contains a single species, Aphrastomedes anthocoroides, known from two specimens found in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber.[1]
Classification
It probably belongs to the family Velocipedidae; if so, it is the first amber fossil known of this family.[1]
Biology
The known male specimen of Aphrastomedes features small white Acari on the ventral surface of thorax and abdomen, hinting at an association with phoretic mites shared with living Velocipedidae.[1]
See also
- Insect paleobiota of Burmese amber
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kazutaka Yamada; Shûhei Yamamoto; Yui Takahashi (2018). "Aphrastomedes anthocoroides, a remarkable new cimicomorphan genus and species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research 84: 442–450. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.007. Bibcode: 2018CrRes..84..442Y.
Wikidata ☰ Q134394741 entry
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