Representatives of the extinct psocid family Empheriidae are known from Eocene Baltic amber, Lowermost Eocene French amber （Oise）, and Lower Cretaceous Spanish amber （Alava）. We report herein the first discovery o...Representatives of the extinct psocid family Empheriidae are known from Eocene Baltic amber, Lowermost Eocene French amber （Oise）, and Lower Cretaceous Spanish amber （Alava）. We report herein the first discovery of an empheriid psocid from the Cretaceous amber of New Jersey as Jerseyempheria grimaldii gen. et sp. nov. The fossil is figured and described. The new species is distinguished from related taxa. A discussion and checklist of Empheriidae are provided.展开更多
基金the ANR project: AMBRACE(BLAN 07-1-184190) and to the scientific project‘The Study of the Fossil Insects in Lebanon and their Outcrops: Geology of the Outcrops-Historical and Biodiversity Evolution' financed by the Lebanese University to the first author(DA)the National Research Council of Argentina(CONICET) for the funds provided for this research: grant PIP 6393,PIP 11420090100377 and BEJI
文摘Representatives of the extinct psocid family Empheriidae are known from Eocene Baltic amber, Lowermost Eocene French amber （Oise）, and Lower Cretaceous Spanish amber （Alava）. We report herein the first discovery of an empheriid psocid from the Cretaceous amber of New Jersey as Jerseyempheria grimaldii gen. et sp. nov. The fossil is figured and described. The new species is distinguished from related taxa. A discussion and checklist of Empheriidae are provided.
