Phase contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography and the oldest damselflies in amber (Odonata: Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae)
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Lak, Malvina
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Fleck, Günther
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Azar, Dany
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Engel Fls, Michael S.
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Kaddumi, Hani F.
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Neraudeau, Didier
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Tafforeau, Paul
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Nel, André
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2009
2009-08-31
156
4
913
923
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00497.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00497.x
0024-4082
5444624
ELECTROHEMIPHLEBIA
GEN. NOV.
Etymology:
The genus-group name is a combination of the Greek term
electron
(meaning, ‘amber’) and
Hemiphlebia
,
type
genus of the family. The name is feminine.
Type
species:
Electrohemiphlebia barucheli
sp. nov.
Diagnosis:
Very small damselflies; head not very transverse; clypeofrontal sulcus deep; antefrons with two strong gibbosities separated by a median depression; strong sulcus between frons and vertex (i.e. the plate bearing the ocelli, limited anteriorly by the frons, laterally by the eyes and posteriorly by the occiput); posterior ocelli on a high gibbosity well separated from others and from the vertex and frontal part of frons by complete sulci set inside strong depressions; suture between vertex and occiput rather well pronounced; pterothoracic interpleural suture only present around metastigmal area; protibial comb absent; wings with short petiole; arculus distinctly distal of Ax2; forewing discoidal cell basally opened, with RP + MA, basal part of MA, and MAb aligned or nearly so; angle between MAb and MP + CuA rather acute in forewing discoidal cell; hindwing discoidal cell basally closed; base of RP3/4 close to subnodus; base of IR2 opposite subnodus; subnodus vertical.