New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Late Permian of South Africa
Author
Ponomarenko, Alexandr G.
Author
Mostovski, Mike B.
text
African Invertebrates
2005
2005-12-31
46
253
260
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.7667111
2305-2562
7667111
Palademosyne natalensis
Ponomarenko
,
sp. n.
Fig. 4
Etymology: From the province of
KwaZulu-Natal
.
Description: Elytron
2.1 mm
long,
0.8 mm
wide. Elytron small, elongated, flattened, 2.6 times as long as wide, widest just before its mid-length, humeral part not narrow. Epipleural border not narrow. Disc of elytron smooth. Sutural margin narrowly bordered.
Holotype
:
NMSA
, no. 2573, counterpart of isolated elytron.
SOUTH AFRICA
:
KwaZulu-Natal
:
Howick
, locality of
Balgowan
;
Upper Permian
,
Ecca Group
, Volksrust Formation.
Comparison:
P. natalensis
sp. n.
is very close to the
type
species, but differs from the latter in being considerably larger, in having a wider epipleural border, and in the sutural border being shifted to the sutural margin.