Gusagrion, Nel, 2024

Nel, André, 2024, Two new damselflies from the Eocene Green River Formation (Odonata, Zygoptera, Dysagrionidae, Thaumatoneuridae), Zootaxa 5446 (4), pp. 588-594 : 589

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.4.11
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11102082
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Gusagrion
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Gusagrion gen. nov.

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Type species: Gusagrion coloratum sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Wing venation characters only. Elongate and narrow discoidal cell; long petiole; nodus situated in a very basal position, at 10% of distance between Ax2 and wing apex; distal third of wing very broad; narrow anal area below subdiscoidal cell, at most as broad as subdiscoidal cell; only one crossvein below subdiscoidal cell.

Etymology. Named after the type locality Gus’ pit and the suffix Agrion. Gender neutral.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Odonata
Family	Thaumatoneuridae

Specimens

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