Webspinners in Early Eocene amber from western India (Insecta, Embiodea).

ABSTRACT: The family Scelembiidae (Neoembiodea: Embiomorpha: Archembioidea) is recorded from Asia for the first time, based on two individuals preserved in Early Eocene amber from the Cambay Basin, western India. Kumarembia hurleyi Engel & Grimaldi, gen. n. et sp. n., is described, figured, and distinguished from other archembioid genera. The genus shares male genitalic features with scelembiids, otherwise known from South America and Africa.

SUBMITTER: Engel MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3264408 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature