First fossil Schizopteridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Miocene amber from Chiapas, Mexico

Primer fósil de Schizopteridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) en ámbar del Mioceno de Chiapas, México

Paulina Cifuentes-Ruiz¹, Harry Brailovsky¹, María de Lourdes Serrano-Sánchez², Francisco J. Vega^3,*

¹ Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, CDMX, 04510, Mexico.

² Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, CDMX, 04510, Mexico.

³ Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, CDMX, 04510, 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:

Cifuentes-Ruiz, P., Brailovsky, H., Serrano-Sánchez, M. L., Vega, F. J., 2021, First fossil Schizopteridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Miocene amber from Chiapas, Mexico: Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 73 (3), A170121. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2021v73n3a170121

ABSTRACT

A new genus and species of Hypselosomatinae (Heteroptera: Dipsocoromorpha), Hypsotsijilia bretoni Cifuentes-Ruiz and Brailovsky gen. nov., sp. nov. is herein described based on a female specimen. It represents the first fossil record of Schizopteridae in the early Miocene amber from Chiapas, Mexico. It is compared with related taxa and the estuarine paleoenvironment is discussed, matching the one previously cited for the subfamily in other estuarine amber deposits.

Keywords: Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Schizopteridae, Hypselosomatinae, amber, Miocene, Chiapas, Mexico.