Parahemeroscopus Qi & Zheng, 2024

Qi, Pengliang, Liu, Peihan, Xiao, Chuantao & Zheng, Daran, 2024, A new hemeroscopid dragonfly (Odonata, Anisoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Jiuquan Basin, northwestern China, Zootaxa 5432 (4), pp. 567-572 : 568

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5432.4.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0EAA1587-CF7E-4BD9-BFC6-31CEC57B048D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10928432
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D841B964-FFC6-594F-FF76-FA9CFD3BF9CB
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Parahemeroscopus Qi & Zheng
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

New genus: Parahemeroscopus Qi & Zheng , sp. nov.

( urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0EAA1587-CF7E-4BD9-BFC6-31CEC57B048D )

Etymology. Named after the similarity with Hemeroscopus .

Diagnosis. Hindwing characters only: small size (ca. 26 mm long); one antennal crossvein between Ax1 and Ax2; pterostigma well braced and covering three cells; anal loop transversely elongate and nine celled; Rsp1 absent; CuAa with three well-defined posterior branches; area between RP 3/4 and MA narrow, with only one row of cells near wing margin; two rows of cells in postdiscoidal area before midfork; area between MP and CuAa narrow, with only one row of cells below discoidal triangle.