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SECOND CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AMBER ZYGENTOMA (INSECTA): FAMILY LEPISMATIDAE1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Luis F. Mendes
Luis F. Mendes
Affiliation:
Centro de Zoologia do Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, R. da Junqueira 14, P-1300 Lisboa, Portugal
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Abstract

Ctenolepisma (C.) electrans sp.n., from the Dominican amber, is described and compared with the closest living species. The new taxon is the only Lepismatidae known so far in the Dominican Republic amber and corresponds to the only known fossil Ctenolepisma.

Résumé

Ctenolepisma (C.) electrans sp.n., de l’ambre Dominicain, est décrite et comparée avec les espèces plus voisines. La nouvelle espèce est le seul Lepismatidae trouvé dans l’ambre de la Republique Dominicaine et correspond à l’unique Ctenolepisma fossile connue.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 130 , Issue 6 , December 1998 , pp. 899 - 904
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1998

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