The first and oldest record of Issidae from the Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha)
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Libanissus bkassinensis Azar, Maksoud & Nel, gen. et sp. nov. is illustrated and described from the Lower Cretaceous dysodile (oil papershales) of Bkassine, South Lebanon, and its taxonomic position discussed. Libanissus bkassinensis Azar, Maksoud & Nel, gen. et sp. nov. is characterized by its banded legs and body, a hind wing with two lobes, RA and RP very short, M with only two very short apical branches, CuA with two branches, and a small but distinct apical furcation of PCu close to the incision of the wing margin. Libanissus bkassinensis Azar, Maksoud & Nel, gen. et sp. nov. represents the earliest record (lower Barremian) of the Issidae. Prior to this discovery, the oldest known record was from the Paleocene of France.
Source: Zootaxa
Authors: DANY AZAR, SIBELLE MAKSOUD, NINON ROBIN, PASCAL GODEFROIT, LIONEL CAVIN, SÉBASTIEN OLIVE, KÉVIN REY, NATHAN VALLÉE-GILLETTE, LÉA DE BRITO, GERYES HENEINE, ANDRÉ NEL
Institutions: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Lebanese University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Géosciences Rennes, Université de Rennes, Institute of Natural Sciences, Natural History Museum of Geneva, University of Liège, Lyon 1 Université, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon : Terre, Planètes et Environnement, Université Jean Monnet, Centre de recherche en paléontologie - Paris, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie
Language: English
Topic: Fossil Insects in Amber
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G3131937783
OpenAlex ID: W4405909015