Telmaeshna paradoxica gen. et sp. nov., a new fossil dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera) from the Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China
Author
Zhang, Binglan
Author
Ren, Dong
Author
Pang, Hong
text
Zootaxa
2008
1681
62
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.180415
860e0de5-51c1-402a-b3c8-ca56409675fc
11755326
180415
Genus
Telmaeshna
gen. nov.
Etymology.
The generic name is a combination of the Greek prefix
telm
(meaning "swamp") and
Aeshna
(a genus within family
Aeshnidae
). The gender is feminine.
Type
species:
Telmaeshna paradoxica
sp. nov.
Diagnosis:
All known characters from a hind wing. No Anx present between Ax0 and Ax
1
; Ax
1
and Ax
2
relatively close together with only one intermediary antenodal crossvein; two oblique veins ('O') present; Pterostigma very long and strong; PseudoIR
1
not well defined (zigzag, very short and originating distinctly distal of the pterostigma); base of
RP
2
not aligned with subnodus; area between
RP
1
and
RP
2
broad with three rows of cells up to pterostigma; Mspl absent; median space free of crossveins; hind wing hypertriangle and discoidal triangle divided into five or more cells respectively, subdiscoidal triangle threecelled; approximately pentagonal anal loop large and ninecelled, with prolonged gaff; hind wing distinctly broad and rather round in shape.