Ypopteron, Archibald & Gu & Mathewes, 2022

Archibald, S. Bruce, Gu, Jun-Jie & Mathewes, Rolf W., 2022, The Palaeorehniidae (Orthoptera, Ensifera, “ Zeuneropterinae ”), and new taxa from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America, Zootaxa 5100 (4), pp. 559-572 : 566

Ypopteron new genus

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Diagnosis. Tegmen of Ypopteron most easily separated from those of other Palaeorehniidae as in Table 1 .

Type and only species. Y. nicola .

Description. As for its only species, see below.

Etymology. The genus name refers to the Ypresian age, and – opteron, from the Greek -pteron (πτερόν), meaning wing. Gender, neuter.

Distribution and age. As for its only species, below.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Ypopteron nicola, new genus and species, holotype Q-1010, Quilchena: A, photograph; B, drawing. Scale bar = 1 cm.