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Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana

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Abstract

ESTRADA-ALVAREZ, Julio C.; NUNEZ-BAZAN, Reinier; MATA-GONZALEZ, Jorge A.  and  VEGA, Francisco J.. New taxa of earwigs (Dermaptera: Spongiphoridae: Spongiphorinae) in lower Miocene amber from Simojovel, Chiapas, Mexico. Bol. Soc. Geol. Mex [online]. 2023, vol.75, n.2, A240223.  Epub June 07, 2024. ISSN 1405-3322.  https://doi.org/10.18268/bsgm2023v75n2a240223.

New Dermaptera taxa (one new genus and four new species) are reported from amber pieces proceeding from Mina Los Pocitos near Simojovel de Allende, Chiapas. The amber pieces were collected in the lower Miocene Mazantic Shale, including well-preserved earwigs, with only one antecedent for this insect group in the Mexican amber. The presence of this kind of insects supports the paleoenvironmental interpretation for the Mazantic Shale amber as of a humid forest.

Keywords : Hexapoda; Dermaptera; new genus and species; lower Miocene; Mazantic Shale; Chiapas.

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