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Issue: Vol. 1349 No. 1: 2 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1349.1.3
Page range: 37–45
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 2

Revision of the genus Sinopalaeocossus Hong (Hemiptera: Palaeontinidae), with description of a new species from the Middle Jurassic of China

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), 39 East Beijing Rd., Nanjing 210008, China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), 39 East Beijing Rd., Nanjing 210008, China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), 39 East Beijing Rd., Nanjing 210008, China
Shenyang Normal University, 253 Huanghe North Avenue, Shenyang 110034, China
Hemiptera Sinopalaeocossus Hong 1983 Sinopalaeocossus trinervus sp. nov. Palaeontinidae Middle Jurassic Daohugou China new species

Abstract

The diagnostic characters for Sinopalaeocossus Hong, 1983, belonging to the Palaeontinidae Handlirsch, 1906, are revised. This genus is remarkably different from others in the fore wing, whose branches of Sc are obscure and antenodal region is square; and in the hind wing, whose M 3+4 is unbranched and arises from stem M, whose M 1+2 fork is more distal and A 1 is absent. A new species, Sinopalaeocossus trinervus sp. nov., is described based on two well preserved specimens from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China; this is the first palaeontinid specimen with complete fore and hind wings articulated.

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