A new permopsocidan genus and species from the Late Permian of Australia (Insecta: Acercaria: Psocidiidae)
Author
Prokop, Jakub
Author
Garrouste, Romain
Author
Nel, André
text
Zootaxa
2016
4147
5
589
592
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4147.5.7
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1175-5326
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Hypopsylla
gen. nov.
Type species.
Hypopsylla belmontensis
sp. nov.
Diagnosis.
Wing characters only. ScP ending on RA distal of base of RP, but closer to this point than to the pterostigma (a character also present in Permopsociidae but not in
Archipsyllidae
); presence of a short crossvein between ScP and costa; a very deep posterior curve of RA in the pterostigma; posterior branch of M with three branches; elongate and narrow areola postica (a character also present in
Archipsyllidae
but not Permopsociidae), absence of crossvein between M and CuA (a character also present in
Archipsyllidae
but not Permopsociidae).
Etymology.
Composite name after
Hypoperla
and
Archypsylla
. Gender feminine.
Remark.
The new genus
Hypopsylla
(
Upper Permian
,
Australia
,
H
.
belmontensis
) shares with the
Psocidiidae
the elongate and narrow areola postica, presence of a short crossvein between ScP and costa as in
Dichentomum
, ScP ending on RA distal of base of RP, but closer to this point than to the pterostigma, unlike in other taxa of this family.