Jordanhemiphlebia, 2009

Lak, Malvina, Fleck, Günther, Azar, Dany, Engel Fls, Michael S., Kaddumi, Hani F., Neraudeau, Didier, Tafforeau, Paul & Nel, André, 2009, Phase contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography and the oldest damselflies in amber (Odonata: Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (4), pp. 913-923 : 921

JORDANHEMIPHLEBIA KADDUMI GEN. NOV.

Etymology: The new genus-group name is a combination of Jordan and Hemiphlebia , type genus of the family. The name is feminine.

Type species: Jordanhemiphlebia electronica Kaddumi sp. nov.

Diagnosis: Very small damselflies; hindwing discoidal cell basally closed; base of RP3/4 close to subnodus; base of IR2 opposite subnodus; cell between bases of RP3/4 and IR2 very broad below subnodus; subnodus oblique; pterostigmal brace oblique but not aligned with basal part of RP1; IR1 very short; area between C and RA distal of pterostigma short.