Cretapsylla, VISMARA, 2020
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.25432/vismara-giulia_phd2020-06-24 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE879C-5E67-6638-436C-150CFBAEFDA1 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Cretapsylla |
status |
gen.n. |
Cretapsylla Shcherbakov, gen.n.
TYPE SPECIES: Liadopsylla apedetica Ouvrard, Burckhardt et Azar, 2010 .
DIAGNOSIS. Distinct from the other genera in the CuA stem very short, 4–7 times shorter than M+CuA stem (at most twice shorter in other genera) and markedly curved M stem (feebly curved or nearly straight in other genera) in the forewing. Similar to Stigmapsylla gen.n. in the very short R stem and basally narrow R fork, but differs from it in the more curved proximal RP and CuA1.
COMPOSITION. C. apedetica ( Ouvrard, Burckhardt et Azar, 2010) comb.n., C. hesperia ( Ouvrard et Burckhardt, 2010) comb.n.
DISTRIBUTION. Early Cretaceous (Barremian) amber of Lebanon and Late Cretaceous (Turonian) amber of New Jersey.
ETYMOLOGY. From Cretaceous and the generic name Psylla ; gender feminine.
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