Abstract

RIVAS, Gerardo  and  VEGA, Francisco J.. First fossil record of Parasitengona (Acari: Prostigmata) from Mexican amber, with description of a new genus and species for family Johnstonianidae Thor, 1935. Bol. Soc. Geol. Mex [online]. 2021, vol.73, n.3, 00015.  Epub Jan 31, 2022. ISSN 1405-3322.  https://doi.org/10.18268/bsgm2021v73n3a170521.

Palaeodiplothrombidium microscutum gen. et sp. nov. is described based on one adult and one deutonymph preserved in early Miocene amber from Chiapas México. This new taxon is the first record for the Parasitengona Cohort (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) for the Chiapas amber and is also the first fossil record for the Johnstonianidae Family, worldwide.

Keywords : Velvet mite; amber; early Miocene; Chiapas; Mexico.

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