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On the Fauna of Bristletails (Zygentoma, Microcoryphia) of the Rovno Amber

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Two bristletail species of the order Zygentoma, Allacrotelsa dubia (Lucas, 1842) (Lepismatidae) and Lepidotrix pilifera (Menge, 1854) (Lepidotrichidae), are recorded in Late Eocene Rovno amber for the first time. One new species of the order Microcoryphia, Lepismachilis eocaenica sp. nov., most similar to L. (B.) targionii (Grassi, 1887), is described.

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We are deeply grateful to A.P. Rasnitsyn (Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences) for valuable comments and assistance in our work.

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  1. All-Russia Research Institute of Plant Protection, Russian Academy of Sciences, 196600, Pushkin, St. Petersburg Region, Russia

    V. G. Kaplin

  2. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 01601, Kiev, Ukraine

    E. E. Perkovsky

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Kaplin, V.G., Perkovsky, E.E. On the Fauna of Bristletails (Zygentoma, Microcoryphia) of the Rovno Amber. Paleontol. J. 52, 541–545 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118050052

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