Danowhetaksa Simonsen, Ware & Archibald, 2022

Simonsen, Thomas J., Archibald, S. Bruce, Rasmussen, Jan A., Sylvestersen, René L., Olsen, Kent & Ware, Jessica L., 2022, Danowhetaksa gen. nov. with two species from the early Eocene Ølst Formation from Denmark, the first Palearctic Whetwhetaksidae (Odonata: Cephalozygoptera), Zootaxa 5099 (5), pp. 586-592 : 587-588

Danowhetaksa Simonsen, Ware & Archibald , new genus

Diagnosis. Most easily distinguished from Whetwhetaksa by: 1, pterostigma length ca. 7 times width [ca. 10 times]; 2, dark fascia mid-wing, basal wing hyaline [colouration extends to wing base where known]; 3, origin of IR2 closer to nodus than to origin of R3-4 [closer to origin of R3-4], at least three crossveins between them [one]; 4, MP, CuA more widely separated distally [maximum ca. 10 cells at margin], not subparallel [maximum two cells, subparallel].

Type and included species. Type species, Danowhetaksa birgitteae n. sp. here designated; other included species, Danowhetaksa rusti n. sp.

Etymology. The genus name is formed from the prefix ‘Dano-’ referring to Denmark, and the suffix ‘-whetaksa’ referring to the Whetwhetaksidae . Gender: feminine.