'Alien' insect in amber prompts scientists to add whole
new branch to family tree. This bizarre bug is so unusual,
entomologists say it belongs in its own, entirely new,
order of insects. Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 27, 2017
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0127/Alien-insect-in-amber-prompts-scientists-to-add-whole-new-branch-to-family-tree
Ancient, scary and alien-looking specimen forms a rarity
in the insect world – a new order. Oregon State University
http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2017/jan/ancient-scary-and-alien-looking-specimen-forms-rarity-insect-world-–-new-order
https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/32520806205/
The paper is:
Poinar, G. and Brown, A.E., 2016. An exotic insect Aethiocarenus
burmanicus gen. et sp. nov.(Aethiocarenodea ord. nov.,
Aethiocarenidae fam. nov.) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber.
Cretaceous Research. Volume 72, April 2017, Pages 100–104
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667116302506
Yours,
Paul H.