The invisibile becomes visible: X-ray micro-CT reconstruction of emAneurus/em emdamzeni/em sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) from Eocene Baltic amber.
The subfamily Aneurinae of the flat bug family Aradidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) contains about 150 extant species assigned to seven genera, and seven fossil species of which six were described from Eocene Baltic amber and one from Cretaceous Burmese amber. A new species Aneurus damzeni sp. nov. from Baltic amber is described and illustrated using X-ray micro-computed tomography (μCT) reconstructing concealed morphological characters. A key to all five extant and fossil Aneurinae species with triangular scutellum is provided.
['Heiss|Ernst|E|', 'Kairišs|Kristaps|K|', 'Bukejs|Andris|A|']
D018647:Amber D000818:Animals D001454:Baltic States D005580:Fossils D020062:Heteroptera D055114:X-Ray Microtomography
Hemiptera, palaeontology, Hemiptera, Aneurinae, flat bug, new species, Tertiary, fossil resin, X-ray microtomography