First argiolestid damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera) from the late Palaeocene of Northwest Argentina
Author
PETRULEVIČIUS, JULIÁN F.
text
Palaeoentomology
2020
2020-11-26
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6
541
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.6.1
journal article
4092
10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.6.1
937601c5-65de-4679-8e6a-5d9c034ee253
2624-2834
5507655
4DD6E9D8-FC98-4736-B42C-CB94AE48E644
Genus
Librelula
gen. nov.
Type
species.
Librelula maradoniana
sp. nov.
Etymology.
Wordplay from Castilian words
libélula
, meaning
Odonata
, and
libre
, meaning free; Lula.
Diagnosis.
(1) pterostigma relatively shortened; (2) tendency to alignment of crossveins; (3) bases of veins RP3/4 and IR2 between levels of nodus and subnodus; (4) branches of RP diverging distally (supplementary sectors); (5) cubital area with two rows of cells; (6) supplementary sectors between medial veins; (7) pterostigma covering three and a half cells; (8) IR2 originating one and a half cells basal to subnodus; (9) distal side of discoidal cell less than twice basal side; (10) CuP+AA emerging from wing margin basal to Ax2; (11) RP3/4 reaching level of pterostigma.
Characters 1–3 present in Coenagrionomorpha
Bechly (2007)
. Character 4 present in
Argiolestinae
sensu
Bechly (2007)
. Character 5 present in some
Argiolestinae
sensu
Kalkman & Theischinger (2013)
. The combination of characters 6 to 11 is unique.