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Issue: Vol. 3417 No. 1: 10 Aug. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-08-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3417.1.4
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 33
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Reassessment of the Jurassic damsel-dragonfly genus Karatawia (Odonata: Campterophlebiidae)

College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, 105 Xisanhuanbeilu, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Institute of Entomology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
CNRS UMR 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, 105 Xisanhuanbeilu, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Institute of Entomology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Institute of Entomology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Odonata Isophlebioidea Mesozoic n. sp. Inner Mongolia China

Abstract

A new species Karatawia sinica Li, Nel et Ren, sp. nov. is described from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation, and compared with the other species of this genus. As it is based on a new fossil with fore- and hindwings preserved, it confirms the attribution of Karatawia sibirica to this genus, of Karatawia to the Campterophlebiidae, and the synonymy of the Karatawiidae with this family. Otherwise, the two other species K. mongolica and K. shurabica, which are based on more incomplete specimens, are more properly to be considered as Campterophlebiidae incertae sedis.

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