Fossil Tingoidea (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) from French Cretaceous amber, including Tingidae and a new family, Ebboidae

Vincent Perrichot (1) , André Nel (2) , Eric Guilbert (2) , Didier Neraudeau (1)

1 GR - Géosciences Rennes
2 OSEB - Origine, structure et évolution de la biodiversité

Two new genera and species of fossil lace bugs are reported from Albian and Cenomanian amber of France as Ambarcader eugenei and Ebboa areolata, these being the earliest fossil record of the family Tingidae and the type species of the new family Ebboidae, respectively. Ambarcader gen. nov. belongs to the tribe Phatnomatini within the subfamily Cantacaderinae. Ebboa gen. nov. differs from all the Recent and fossil taxa hitherto described in Tingoidea, suggesting an important past diversity and an earlier Mesozoic origin of this clade.

Mots clés: Ebboidae fam. nov; Insecta; Heteroptera; Cimicomorpha; Tingidae; Ebboidae fam. nov.; French amber; mid-Cretaceous

Domaines: Paléontologie

Vincent Perrichot, André Nel, Eric Guilbert, Didier Neraudeau. Fossil Tingoidea (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) from French Cretaceous amber, including Tingidae and a new family, Ebboidae. Zootaxa, 2006, 1203 (1203), pp.57-68. ⟨hal-00137880⟩