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Issue: Vol. 1349 No. 1: 2 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1349.1.6
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 31
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The first fossil Myopsocidae (Psocoptera) in Dominican amber

CNRS UMR 5202, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, F–75005 Paris, France
CNRS UMR 5202, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, F–75005 Paris, France
Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
Psocoptera Myopsocidae sp. n. first fossil record Dominican amber

Abstract

Myopsocus arthuri sp. n. is described from Dominican amber (Miocene?). This first fossil Myopsocidae shows some similarities with the recently described Australian genus Nimbopsocus.

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