The oldest fossil of the family Issidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha) from the Paleocene of Menat (France)

  • Thierry Bourgoin Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB-UMR 7205 MNHN-CNRS-Sorbonne Université-EPHE, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris
  • Menglin Wang Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation of the Ministry of Education, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan Province, 637009
  • André Nel Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB-UMR 7205 MNHN-CNRS-Sorbonne Université-EPHE, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.596
Keywords: Issidae, Hysteropterini, fossil, Paleocene, Menat

Abstract

The taxa Cubicostissus palaeocaeni gen. et sp. nov. are described from the Paleocene of Menat (Central France) as the oldest representative of the family Issidae for which all currently known fossils are reviewed. With a unique combination of characters, the specimen represents the first fossil described for the tribe Hysteropterini. Its occurrence in the European Paleocene shows that its lineage, and therefore the Issidae, were already present at least some 60 Ma. It allows to discard the hypothesis of an Eocene origin for the family, which is in accordance with a recent molecular calibration of the family, reporting the tribe as old as the Upper Cretaceous.

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Published
2020-01-22
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Bourgoin, T., Wang, M., & Nel, A. (2020). The oldest fossil of the family Issidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha) from the Paleocene of Menat (France). European Journal of Taxonomy, (596). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.596
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