Velizphlebia cruzi Martins-Neto, Gallego & Brauckmann, 2007

Martins-Neto, R. G., Gallego, O. F., Brauckmann, C. & Cruz, J. L., 2007, A review of the South American Palaeozoic entomofauna Part I: the Ischnoneuroidea and Cacurgoidea, with description of new taxa, African Invertebrates 48 (1), pp. 87-101 : 93

Velizphlebia cruzi Martins-Neto, Gallego & Brauckmann , sp. n.

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Etymology: In honour of Lic. Jorge Cruz (Mendoza, Argentina) who collected the specimen.

Description: Preserved length, 50 mm. Costal area relatively wide and filled with anastomosed cross-veins ( Fig. 4 ). ScP1 conspicuous at the wing base and ScP distally fused with RA which is slightly curved. Origin of RP near mid-length of wing, apparently unbranched.MA two-branched.MP+CuA strongly convergent to MA. CuA short, distally fused with MP. CuP not directly branching from distal part of CuA.

Holotype: MHIN-UNSL-GEO-I 484, Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Geología; fragment of fore wing. ARGENTINA: Bajo de Véliz locality; Upper Carboniferous to Lower Permian, Pallero Member, Bajo de Véliz Formation.

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Figs 3–5. Velizphlebia cruzi gen. et sp. n., holotype, MHIN-UNSL-GEO-I 484: (3) wing venation; (4) details of costal area; (5) general appearance of specimen. Vein designations: see Fig. 2. Scale bars = 10 mm.