The female imago specimen belonging to a new species Baba lapidea gen. and sp. nov. and a new family Babidae fam. nov. from Eocene Baltic amber is described and illustrated. This insects combines characters common with Fimbriatotergaliae (on fore wing MP2 and CuA curved near base; on hind wing MA lacks triad; first tarsal segment shortened and fused with tibia) with a plesiomorphy never found in Fimbriatotergaliae (mesonotal suture transverse). Possibly, Baba gen. nov. represents a sister taxon of Fimbriatotergaliae Kluge, 2004.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)181-185
Number of pages5
JournalAnnales Zoologici
Volume56
Issue number1
StatePublished - 16 May 2006

    Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

    Research areas

  • Baba, Baba lapidea, Babidae, Baltic amber, Eocene, Ephemeroptera, Insecta, New family, New genus, New Species, Phylogeny

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