The first and oldest record of Issidae from the Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha)
Libanissus bkassinensis Azar, Maksoud & Nel, gen. et sp. nov. is illustrated and described from the Lower Cretaceous dysodile (oil papershales) of Bkassine, South Lebanon, and its taxonomic position discussed. Libanissus bkassinensis Azar, Maksoud & Nel, gen. et sp. nov. is characterized by its banded legs and body, a hind wing with two lobes, RA and RP very short, M with only two very short apical branches, CuA with two branches, and a small but distinct apical furcation of PCu close to the incision of the wing margin. Libanissus bkassinensis Azar, Maksoud & Nel, gen. et sp. nov. represents the earliest record (lower Barremian) of the Issidae. Prior to this discovery, the oldest known record was from the Paleocene of France.
Authors
- Kévin Rey
- Lionel Cavin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9666-5864)
- Léa De Brito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4491-4413)
- Sibelle Maksoud
- Ninon Robin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1756-3171)
- Dany Azar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4485-197X)
- Pascal Godefroit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0922-7872)
- André Nel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4241-7651)
- Sébastien Olive (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9690-7464)
- GERYES HENEINE
- NATHAN VALLÉE-GILLETTE
Institutions
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR)
- École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Pratique des Hautes Études (FR)
- Lebanese University (LB)
- Institute of Natural Sciences (BE)
- Natural History Museum of Geneva (CH)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- HES-SO Genève (CH)
- Centre Georges François Leclerc (FR)
- Géosciences Rennes (FR)
- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (FR)
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (CN)
- Délégation Paris 6 (FR)
- Sphere Institute (US)
- Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LB)
- Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon : Terre, Planètes et Environnement (FR)
- Institute of Natural Science (KP)
- Applied Natural Sciences (US)
- Structure et Instabilité des Génomes (FR)
- Centre de recherche en paléontologie - Paris (FR)
- Université de Rennes (FR)
- Université Jean Monnet (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2024-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5562.1.7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03
Funders
- National Geographic Society
- Université Libanaise
- National Key Research and Development Program of China