First Fossil Record of Pachynomidae (hemiptera, Cimicomorpha, Reduvioidea) from Late Cretaceous Burmese Amber

A new genus and species of pachynomid heteropteran bug is described from early-Late Cretaceous Burmese amber. This new taxon provides the first fossil evidence of Pachynomidae and sets a minimum age for its divergence from Reduviidae. Comparisons with extant species suggests that Pachynominae has undergone little evolutionary change since the Cretaceous. The new fossil species likely shared a similar ground-dwelling predatory lifestyle with its modern relatives. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D289A21D-AA60-4E46-8A1A-975E99A4B98DPeipei Zhang [2230801008@cnu.edu.cn], College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuanbeilu 105, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, PR China;Yunzhi Yao [yaoyz100@126.com], College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuanbeilu 105, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, PR China;Xinfang Zhang [zxf11111123@163.com], Ningshiguang Amber Museum, Huimin District, Hohhot 010000, China;Dong Ren [rendong@mail.cnu.edu.cn], College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuanbeilu 105, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, PR China;Yingqi Liu* [yingqiliu0720@163.com], College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuanbeilu 105, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, PR China.