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The northernmost Eocene genus and species of praying mantises (Mantodea Burmeister, 1838) from Fur Formation, Denmark

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A new fossil mantis, Sergyessa rusti gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a complete forewing from the Fur Formation, Ypresian (lower Eocene) of Denmark. The new genus can be easily distinguished from other praying mantis genera by a long ScP ending at ¾ of the forewing’s length, R with long anterior branches, CuA internally pectinate, CuP sigmoidal and V1 is 2.7 times longer than V2. The genus is tentatively placed within Schizomantodea as incertae sedis. It adds to our knowledge of Mantodea morphological diversity, being only the second Mantodea taxon formally described from Ypresian age after Pseudomantoida extendidera Schubnel & Nel, 2019 and the first fossil mantis from Denmark.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.37

Authors: EVGENY O. SHCHERBAKOV, EVGENY E. PERKOVSKY, RENÉ L. SYLVESTERSEN, LEONID N. ANISYUTKIN

Institutions: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Museum Salling, Zoological Institute

Language: English

Topic: Fossil Insects in Amber

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4415599909

FWCI: 1.883

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