Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana

Volumen 75, núm. 2, A240223, 2023

http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2023v75n2a240223

 

 

New taxa of earwigs (Dermaptera: Spongiphoridae: Spongiphorinae) in lower Miocene amber from Simojovel, Chiapas, Mexico

 

Nuevas taxas de tijerillas (Dermaptera: Spongiphoridae: Spongiphorinae) en ámbar del Mioceno temprano de Simojovel, Chiapas, México

 

Julio C. Estrada-Álvarez 1,2, Reinier Núñez-Bazán2,3, Jorge A. Mata-González 1, Francisco J. Vega4,*

 

1 Museo Universitario de Historia Natural Dr. Manuel M. Villada UAEMex, Inst. Literario 100, Colonia Centro, Toluca, 50000, Estado México, Mexico.

2 Entomological Research, A. C., Metepec, Bo. San Mateo, 52140, Estado México, Mexico.

3 Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación (CIByC), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM), 6209 Morelos, Mexico.

4 Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, CDMX, Mexico.

* Corresponding author: (F.J. Vega) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

How to cite this article:

Estrada-Álvarez, J.C., Núñez-Bazán, R., Mata-González, J.A., Vega, F.J., 2023, New taxa of earwigs (Dermaptera: Spongiphoridae: Spongiphorinae) in lower Miocene amber from Simojovel, Chiapas, Mexico: Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 75 (2), A240223. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2023v75n2a240223

Manuscript received: November 24, 2022; Corrected manuscript received: February 12, 2023; Manuscript accepted: February 23, 2023.

 

ABSTRACT

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.