Electrolana Schädel, Hyžný & Haug, 2021 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae), a junior synonym of Cirolana Leach, 1818 and a new species of Metacirolana Kussakin, 1978 from Cretaceous amber of Myanmar

  • Author
    Niel L. Bruce; Eknarin Rodcharoen
  • Year
    2023
  • Journal
    Records of the Australian Museum
  • Publisher
    The Australian Museum

Abstract

Electrolana madelinae Schädel, Hyžny & Haug, 2021 was described from two excellently preserved isopod specimens from ca. 40-million-year-old amber from Myanmar. Appraisal of the two specimens and their comparison to extant genera and species of Cirolanidae show that the genus Electrolana Schädel, Hyžny & Haug, 2021 is a junior synonym of Cirolana Leach, 1818, and that the holotype and paratype represent two distinct species. The holotype is placed in the combination Cirolana madelinae (Schädel, Hyžny & Haug, 2021) comb. nov., and the paratype, a species of Metacirolana Kussakin, 1979, is here diagnosed and named Metacirolana jimlowryi sp. nov. Brunnaega roeperi Polz, 2005 is transferred to Cirolana roeperi (Polz, 2005) comb. nov.

 
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Bruce and Rodcharoen, 2023. Rec. Aust. Mus. 75(4): 405–412
Author
Niel L. Bruce; Eknarin Rodcharoen
Year
2023
Title
Electrolana Schädel, Hyžný & Haug, 2021 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae), a junior synonym of Cirolana Leach, 1818 and a new species of Metacirolana Kussakin, 1978 from Cretaceous amber of Myanmar
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
75
Issue
4
Start Page
405
End Page
412
DOI
10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1880
Language
en
Date Published
06 December 2023
Cover Date
06 December 2023
ISSN (online)
2201-4349
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
CRUSTACEA: ISOPODA; TAXONOMY
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06 December 2023
Available Online
06 December 2023
Reference Number
1880
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