A new, rare and small "lobeattid" species (Insecta: Archaeorthoptera) found at Xiaheyan (Pennsylvanian; Ningxia, China)
Abstract
. A new species of stem Orthoptera, namely Phtanomiamia gui gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Pennsylvanian Xiaheyan locality in China. Despite the intensive collecting efforts undertaken at this locality, a single forewing was recovered. It shares with the "lobeattid" Miamia spp. two peculiar traits, namely a broad ScP-R/RA area and a very early branching of CuA + CuPa. On the other hand, it displays a free portion of CuA (between its divergence from M + CuA and its fusion with CuPa), a trait allowing exclusion of the new species from Miamia, to which it is most likely very closely related.
- Publication:
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Fossil Record
- Pub Date:
- April 2020
- DOI:
- 10.5194/fr-23-71-2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020FossR..23...71C