A new genus and species of the family Archipsyllidae (Insecta: Paraneoptera: Permopsocida) from the Late Triassic of Queensland
Author
Lambkin, Kevin J.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-02-20
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journal article
30702
10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.9
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1175-5326
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Dinmopsylla semota
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 1
)
Material.
Holotype
forewing (part and counterpart),
Queensland
Museum
F58948
,
Dinmore
fossil insect locality (QML 1774), collected by
Robert Knezour
, 2017.
Description.
Forewing approximately
8.6 mm
long,
2.6 mm
wide, length/width 3.3; costal margin apparently slightly indented basally, noticeably convex each side of the indent; apparently without dark patterning.
Notes.
The specific name is the Latin feminine adjective meaning isolated or remote, and refers to the long distances in space and time between this Australian Triassic species and its northern hemisphere Permian, Jurassic and Cretaceous relatives.