Derinilipia, a new genus of Ripidiini from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)

 

Authors: Li Y-D, Huang D-Y, Cai C-Y

Published in: Bulletin of Geosciences, volume 100, issue 1; pages: 87 - 94; Received 19 August 2024; Accepted in revised form 24 January 2025; Online 9 March 2025

Keywords: Ripidiinae, Kachin amber, Cretaceous, fossil, phylogeny,

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Abstract

A new fossil of Ripiphoridae, Derinilipia alekseevi gen. et sp. nov., is reported from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar. Derinilipia is distinctive within the tribe Ripidiini, as it has unfused 4-segmented maxillary palps, contiguous elytra, tibial spurs present on all legs, and pectinate pretarsal claws. The new genus is suggested as a stem-group member of Ripidiini based on a cladistic analysis

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