Palaeochiridiinae subfam. nov. (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudochiridiidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with a description of new genus and species
A new subfamily, genus and species of pseudochiridiid pseudoscorpions is described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Myanmar), including a detailed diagnosis and illustrations: Palaeochiridium insolitum gen. et sp. nov. (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) is the first valid species of the family Pseudochiridiidae from Burmese amber. Diagnostic, biogeographic, paleohabitat and ecological features of this new species are presented and discussed, and are compared to the related extinct and extant species of this family.
Authors
- Dmitry V. Vasilenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4827-7290)
- Dmitry Vorontsov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1701-1748)
- Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6177-7858)
- Evgeny E. Perkovsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7959-4379)
- И. С. Турбанов (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9441-2791)
- DANILA S. SHADRIN (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3424-8063)
Institutions
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
- Yaroslavl State University (RU)
- University of Tyumen (RU)
- Research Institute of Agriculture of Crimea (RU)
- Institute of Paleontology A A Borisyak (RU)
- Natural History Museum Aarhus (DK)
- Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology (RU)
- Institute of Biology of Inland Waters named Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin (RU)
- A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (UA)
- Yaroslavl State Agricultural Academy (RU)
- Natural History Museum of Denmark (DK)
- Yandex (Russia) (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.4.5
- Primary Topic
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00