A new remarkably preserved fossil assassin bug (Insecta, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from the Eocene Green River Formation of Colorado

We describe a new Eocene fossil assassin bug, Aphelicophontes danjuddi gen. et sp. nov. (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae), from the Green River Formation of Colorado. The specimens informing this description are extraordinarily preserved, particularly in the external and internal structures of the adult m...

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Veröffentlicht in:Papers in palaeontology 2021-08, Vol.7 (3), p.1459-1478
Hauptverfasser: Swanson, Daniel R., Heads, Sam W., Taylor, Steven J., Wang, Yinan, Labandeira, Conrad
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Zusammenfassung:We describe a new Eocene fossil assassin bug, Aphelicophontes danjuddi gen. et sp. nov. (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae), from the Green River Formation of Colorado. The specimens informing this description are extraordinarily preserved, particularly in the external and internal structures of the adult male genitalia. We discuss implications of the new species for the systematics and evolutionary history of the group, as well as the strength of phylogenetic signal in harpactorine genitalia.
ISSN:2056-2802
2056-2799
2056-2802
DOI:10.1002/spp2.1349