Description of two new fossil Zygentoma from Mexico and Dominican Republic

Authors

  • Luis F. Mendes Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (IICT)
  • George Poinar Jr. Oregon State University

Keywords:

Silverfish, new genera, Hispaniola, Mexico, Miocene-Oligocene

Abstract

Two new in amber preserved Zygentoma are described, namely Protolepisma tainicum gen. n. sp. n. (Lepismatidae) from the Dominican Republic of Hispaniola Island, and Paleograssiella chiapanicum gen. n. sp. n. (Nicoletiidae) from the Chiapas State of Mexico. Dated at approximately 20–30 MY old, they represent, respectively, the second fossil Lepismatidae known from the Dominican deposits and the first fossil Nicoletiidae (Atelurinae) and only fossil Zygentoma known from Mexico.

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Published

2024-02-05

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Vol. 85 No. 1 (2013)

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Description of two new fossil Zygentoma from Mexico and Dominican Republic. (2024). Soil Organisms, 85(1), 1–9. https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/380