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Eur. J. Entomol. 2010, 107(3): 455460
A fossil head of an enicocephalomorphan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from England revisited: Identity of the first fossil species of Enicocephalidae from Europe
STYS P.
Pyrenicocephalus jarzembowskii, gen. et sp. n. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalomorpha: Enicocephalidae: Enicocephalinae) from Early Eocene, London Clay, England, Isle of Sheppey, is described and illustrated according to the unique pyritized adult head reported as a larval enicocephalid head by Jarzembowski (1986). The head anatomy of similar and related genera of Enicocephalinae is compared and the close relationship of the new genus to a clade including the extant genera Oncylocotis, Embolorrhinus and Hoplitocoris is suggested, most probably as the sister genus to Hoplitocoris (presently with Afrotropical, East Palaearctic and Oriental range).
AddressDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Vinicna 7, CZ-12844 Praha 2, Czech Republic; e-mail: pavelstys@gmail.com
KeywordsInsecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, fossil Enicocephalidae, Pyrenicocephalus jarzembowskii, new genus, new species, Early Eocene, London Clay, England, palaeoentomology, taxonomy, morphology
