A primitive earwig in cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1018-1023

  Engel, Michael S ^a   Grimaldi, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; INSECT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DERMAPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PYGIDICRANIDAE;

EID: 4344627818     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<1018:APEICA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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