An enigmatic Tettigoniidea from the Lower Cretaceous amber of Bqaatouta, Lebanon (Orthoptera, Ensifera)
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Aenigmaraphidophora mouniri gen. et sp. nov., an enigmatic representative of the ensiferan infraorder Tettigoniidea, is described and figured from the Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon, based on a nearly complete male specimen. The new fossil could fit in either in the stem group of the Rhaphidophoridae or in the Tettigoniidae. In either cases, the discovery is congruent with the current hypotheses on the dating of these families. We discuss on the consequence of the presence of an external fore tibial tympan in the new fossil, while absent in the extant Rhaphidophoridae.
Source: Palaeoentomology
Authors: DANY AZAR, RAMY MAALOUF, ANDRÉ NEL
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Lebanese University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sorbonne Université, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Université des Antilles
Language: English
Topic: Fossil Insects in Amber
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4283328040