A revision of Eocene Bittacidae (Mecoptera) from Baltic amber, with the description of a new species
Author
Krzemiński, Wieslaw
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African Invertebrates
2007
2007-04-30
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10.5281/zenodo.7910107
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Hylobittacus minimus
(Carpenter, 1954)
,
comb. n.
Figs 5
,
7C
Bittacus minimus
: Carpenter 1954: 39
, fig. 4D.
Diagnosis: Separated from all species of
Hylobittacus
in Baltic amber by a combination of: Sc ending opposite fork of Rs and epiandrial lobe broad basally.
Redescription:
Forewing (based on specimen 674/2,
Fig. 5B
)
13 mm
long; single pterostigmal cross-vein; Sc ending opposite fork of Rs; cubital cross-vein far before fork of Mb; no additional cross-veins in distal radial and medial cells.
Male genitalia (
Figs 5A–C
,
7C
): epiandrial lobe short, without dorsal incision, broad basally; basistyle small, rather narrow.
Holotype
(examined):
MCZ 5205
(old no. 5113), male, condition as in Carpenter (1954).
Other material examined: DEIM 674/2, male with only two wings, fragment of thorax and abdomen partially obscured by milky cloud (Hoffeins coll.); BMNH In. 18855, entire female partially obscured by milky cloud; MP 1/3/552/04, poorly preserved female, only three wings and fragments of legs recognisable, abdomen obscured by milky cloud.