TY - JOUR
T1 - A new fossil inchworm moth discovered in Miocene Dominican amber (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
AU - Sarto i Monteys, Victor
AU - Hausmann, Axel
AU - Solórzano-Kraemer, Mónica M.
AU - Hammel, Jörg U.
AU - Baixeras, Joaquín
AU - Delclòs, Xavier
AU - Peñalver, Enrique
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - We report a fossil geometrid moth, a male, virtually complete, preserved in a clear piece of Miocene Dominican amber dating from 19 to 16 Mya. Fore- and hindwings appear partially overlapped, and all body characters are visible externally in dorsal and ventral views, including the outer surface of the valvae of the genitalia. The scale pattern on the wing membrane is preserved, whereas the wing color pattern is not. It belongs to the genus Dolichoneura (Geometridae: Desmobathrinae) and is named Dolichoneura jorelisae Sarto i Monteys, Hausmann, Baixeras and Peñalver sp. n., based on wing features. Because of the poor fossil record of lepidopterans, both in amber and compression rocks, the description of the available well-preserved specimens is of considerable interest for phylogenetic studies. Furthermore, it could also serve for calibrating molecular clocks and for paleobiogeographic inferences.
AB - We report a fossil geometrid moth, a male, virtually complete, preserved in a clear piece of Miocene Dominican amber dating from 19 to 16 Mya. Fore- and hindwings appear partially overlapped, and all body characters are visible externally in dorsal and ventral views, including the outer surface of the valvae of the genitalia. The scale pattern on the wing membrane is preserved, whereas the wing color pattern is not. It belongs to the genus Dolichoneura (Geometridae: Desmobathrinae) and is named Dolichoneura jorelisae Sarto i Monteys, Hausmann, Baixeras and Peñalver sp. n., based on wing features. Because of the poor fossil record of lepidopterans, both in amber and compression rocks, the description of the available well-preserved specimens is of considerable interest for phylogenetic studies. Furthermore, it could also serve for calibrating molecular clocks and for paleobiogeographic inferences.
KW - Amber
KW - Desmobathrinae
KW - Lepidoptera
KW - Miocene
KW - New species
KW - Amber
KW - Desmobathrinae
KW - Lepidoptera
KW - Miocene
KW - New species
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2022.104055
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2022.104055
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85139314246
SN - 0895-9811
VL - 120
JO - Journal of South American Earth Sciences
JF - Journal of South American Earth Sciences
M1 - 104055
ER -