Neureclipsis obtusa, Wichard & Xu, 2022

Wichard, Wilfried & Xu, Chunpeng, 2022, The family Polycentropodidae (Insecta, Trichoptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber, ZooKeys 1134, pp. 171-183 : 171

Neureclipsis obtusa sp. nov.

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Diagnosis.

The extinct species Neureclipsis obtusa sp. nov. has a distinctive pair of rod-shaped, long, inferior appendages. Apically, each appendage ends with an oblique oval surface, on which there a few, scattered stout bristles on the oval and a cluster of small setae on the edge of the oval.

Etymology.

Species named after the inferior appendages, apically blunted (Latin adjective = obtusus, -a, -um).

Holotype.

♂; Myanmar, Kachin State, Hukawng Valley; exact locality unknown; Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber inclusion; deposited in the amber collection of the NIGP; NIGP200023.

Description.

Genus as described above. Body well preserved and visible in ventral and dorsal views, dorsum slightly decomposed. Forewing length about 3.5 mm, broad and rounded, light brown. Antennae as long as forewings, with about 42 flagellomeres plus scapus and pedicellus. Inferior appendages long, parallel-sided, apically with oblique oval surface.

Figures

Figure 3. Neureclipsis obtusa sp. nov. A male holotype (NIGP 200023) habitus, ventral view B inferior appendages, ventral view C apical oval surface of right inferior appendage, with small spines and cluster of setae, ventral view D drawing of inferior appendages, ventral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.