Palaeoclavaria burmitis gen. et sp. nov. (Palaeoclavariaceae fam. nov, Hymenomycetes) is described from a series of fruit bodies and hyphae in Cretaceous amber from Burma (about 100 Myr). This is the first fossil record of the Aphyllophorales and establishes certain basic morphological and ecological characters for the group.
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Sci Rep
January 2025
Department of Geoinformatics, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 77146, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
The click beetles (Elateridae) represent the major and well-known group of the polyphagan superfamily Elateroidea. Despite a relatively rich fossil record of Mesozoic Elateridae, only a few species are described from the Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Although Elateridae spend most of their lives as larvae, our knowledge on immature stages of this family is limited, which is especially valid for the fossils.
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Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, CZ-710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing China.
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Montreal Insectarium, 4581 rue Sherbrooke est, Montréal, H1X 2B2, Québec, Canada Montreal Insectarium Montreal Canada.
Currently 19 species of Aradidae (flat bugs) are known from the Cretaceous deposits of Burma (Burmese/Kachin amber). In reviewing unidentified aradid species from this deposit, an unnamed species was located. This aradid includes a unique combination of features from several Cretaceous aradid genera coupled with apomorphic antennae morphology allows easy differentiation from other aradids.
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