The family Polycentropodidae (Insecta, Trichoptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber
Author
Wichard, Wilfried
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5933-6292
Universitaet zu Koeln, Institute of Biology and its Didactics, Herbert Lewinstrasse 2, 50931 Cologne, Germany
Author
Xu, Chunpeng
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4991-4279
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
cpxu@nigpas.ac.cn
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ZooKeys
2022
2022-12-09
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1134.93999
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1134.93999
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Plectrocnemia ohlhoffi
sp. nov.
Fig. 4
Diagnosis.
The extinct species
Plectrocnemia ohlhoffi
sp. nov. is characterized by a pair of elongate inferior appendages, slightly diverging distally and slightly curved apically toward each other. The appendages are weakly concave mesally along their length. In ventral view, each appendage is rounded at the apex and slightly concave in shape apicolaterally, each with a subapical tooth and a weakly projecting apicomesal corner.
Figure 4.
Plectrocnemia ohlhoffi
sp. nov.
A
male holotype (ZFMK-TRI000834) habitus, ventral view
B
inferior appendages, left ventrolateral view
C
drawing of inferior appendages, left ventrolateral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.
Etymology.
The fossil species is dedicated to Rainer Ohlhoff, who donated the type specimen to the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany (ZFMK) for permanent preservation.
Holotype.
♂; Myanmar, Kachin State, Hukawng Valley; exact locality unknown; Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber inclusion; deposited in the amber collection of the ZFMK; former Rainer Ohlhoff collection; ZFMK-TRI000834.
Description.
Genus as described above. Body well preserved, visible in left ventrolateral view. Forewing length about 4.2 mm. Forewings hyaline, light brown. Antennae about two-thirds as long as forewings with about 30 flagellomeres plus scapus and pedicellus; left antenna incomplete. Inferior appendages elongate, each forming an elongate shell and both inclining towards the genital midline.