Villusisotoma brevis (lat.) Is a fossil species of the mandibular arthropod of the subclass of the caudaurus from the family Isotomidae .
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| Villusisotoma brevis Christiansen et Nascimbene, 2006 |
Description
Found in Burmese amber (type series: Kachin State, Hukawng Valley , 32 km southwest of Tanai , near Noije Bum (hill) , height about 250 m), Myanmar , Southeast Asia ). Cretaceous period , Cenomanian stage (about 100 Ma). Body length up to 0.71 mm. Antennae 4-segmented. The body is covered with numerous cylindrical curved setae. The species Villusisotoma brevis was first described in 2006 by American entomologists Kenneth Christiansen and Paul Nascimbene using the type series kept at the American Museum of Natural History ( New York ) along with Burmisotoma lamellifera , Propachyotoma conica , Grinnellia vent Cretacentomobrya burma , Proisotoma pettersonae , Villusisotoma longa and other new fossil species. The generic name Villusisotoma is derived from the Latin word villus (fluffy) and from the name of the close genus Collembole Isotoma . The species name V. brevis is given on the basis of short cylindrical bristles. Close to the species Villusisotoma longa Christiansen and Pike 2006 , found in the same Cretaceous deposits of Myanmar [1] [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Christiansen K. and P. Nascimbene. Collembola (Arthropoda, Hexapoda) from the mid Cretaceous of Myanmar (Burma) // Cretaceous Research. - 2006. - Vol. 27. - P. 318-363. . DOI: 10.1016 / j.cretres. 2005.07.003
- ↑ paleobiodb.org: † Villusisotoma brevis Christiansen and Nascimbene 2006 .