Dicromantispa moronei, ENGEL & GRIMALDI, 2007
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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3587[1:TNFODA]2.0.CO;2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8787-FFC4-FFAF-FF0E-3CBFCDFCF99C |
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Carolina |
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Dicromantispa moronei |
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sp. nov. |
Dicromantispa moronei View in CoL , new species figures 9 View Fig , 10 View Fig
Mantispid sp.; Grimaldi, 1996: 93.
Mantispa sp. ; Poinar and Poinar, 1999: 130, fig.
129.
Mantispa sp. ; Poinar, 2006: 416.
DIAGNOSIS: Refer to diagnosis presented for D. electromexicana (above).
DESCRIPTION: Forewing length 14.5 mm; total body length 17.7 mm ( fig. 9 View Fig ); pronotum length 7.7 mm, width (median) 0.6 mm, width (anterior) 1.3 mm. Occipital margin of head absent. Antenna light brown; 29 flagellomeres; F2–28 each wider than long; F1 longer than wide and slightly longer than combined lengths of F2–3; F29 conical. Labial and maxiallary palp segments elongate and tapering at apices. Pronotum elongate (length approx. seven times maximum width), greatly expanded anteriorly; pubescence minute and extremely sparse; pronotum with light brown stripes along lateral posterior thirds; integument imbricate. Profemur with long, sharply pointed basal spine along inner margin, followed on outer margin by numerous short, pointed teeth intermixed with at least five intermediate length spines; basal, inner spine longest, slightly shorter than protarsus ( fig. 10 View Fig ); integument of outer surface verrucose, otherwise imbricate. Pretarsal claws with three inner teeth except propretarsus with single claw and no arolium. Forewing longer than abdomen; seven subcostal crossveins (c-sc); pterostigma elongate, expanded apically, without markings. Hindwing with single gradate series; CuP bending sharply toward 1A; CuP separat- ed from 1A at bend by extremely short crossvein (cup-a). Wing membrane hyaline.
Abdomen distended, apparently without markings.
HOLOTYPE: Female ; MACT-432 ( fig. 9 View Fig ), Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet is a patronymic honoring Dott. Ettore Morone, Turin, Italy.
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Dicromantispa moronei
ENGEL, MICHAEL S. & GRIMALDI, DAVID A. 2007 |
Mantispa sp.
Poinar, G. O., Jr. 2006: 416 |
Mantispa sp.
Poinar, G. O., Jr. & R. Poinar 1999: 130 |