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Issue: Vol. 4425 No. 3: 31 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.3.13
Page range: 596–600
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 1

Pinguisoperla, a new fossil genus of Perlidae (Insecta: Plecoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
Plecoptera Perlidae Pinguisoperla Burmese amber

Abstract

A new fossil stonefly genus and species of the family Perlidae, Pinguisoperla yangzhouensis gen. et sp. nov., is proposed as the second known genus from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The new genus is characterized by its dark coloration and the basally enlarged and curved cerci. Morphological characters of the new genus and species are described, illustrated, and compared with related taxa.

 

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