Aenigmaraphidophora, AZAR & MAALOUF & NEL, 2022

AZAR, DANY, MAALOUF, RAMY & NEL, ANDRÉ, 2022, An enigmatic Tettigoniidea from the Lower Cretaceous amber of Bqaatouta, Lebanon (Orthoptera, Ensifera), Palaeoentomology 5 (3), pp. 233-239 : 234

Genus Aenigmaraphidophora gen. nov.

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Type species. Aenigmaraphidophora mouniri sp. nov.

Etymology. Named after the Latin ‘aenigma’ for its enigmatic family position, and the genus name Raphidophora, Gender feminine.

Diagnosis. Very long maxillary palps, longer than fore legs; upper margin of first segment of hind tarsi without any spines; fore coxa with a lateral tubercle; mid femora with one inner and one outer relatively large movable apical spines; male subgenital plate with styles; longest apical spur of hind tibiae slightly shorter than first and second segments of hind tarsi combined; no process on dorsal surface of abdominal tergites; epiproct without process; hind 2 nd and 3 rd tarsomeres with a widened pulvillus.