Fossil diversity in ‘ dawn’ hexapods (Diplura: Projapygoidea), with direct evidence for being chemically predaceous in the Cretaceous
Author
Sánchez-García, Alba
Author
Sendra, Alberto
Author
Davis, Steven
Author
Grimaldi, David A.
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2023
2023-03-03
198
3
847
870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac101
journal article
59207
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac101
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0024-4082
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ELECTROPROJAPYX
GEN
.
NOV
.
Zoobank registration:
urn: lsid: zoobank. org:act:
3496E6E3-6D13-4753-8808-BF7DA8CC3B2D
Etymology:
The generic name is a combination of the Latin
electro
(meaning, ‘amber’), and
Projapyx
Cook, 1899
,
type
genus of the family. The gender of the name is masculine.
Type
species:
Electroprojapyx alchemicus
sp. nov.
by monotypy.
Diagnosis:
The new genus is readily distinguished from all other genera of
Projapygidae
by the following combination of characters: body elongate; antenna elongate, 0.5× length of body, slightly tapered, with 27 antennomeres, moniliform, without secondary sexual characters on antennomeres II and III, lacking pyriform sensillum on antennomere VII; legs elongate and slender, metathoracic leg distinctly longer than others; tibiae with calcars; claws subequal; cercus short and slender (not compacted), 0.1× length of body, with at least seven segments plus the infundibuliform complex, without secondary sexual characters.