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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,390,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="312">Furagrion ansorgei</emphasis>
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<figureCitation box="[151,284,1015,1041]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 22" captionStart-1="FIGURE 23" captionStartId-0="24.[151,250,1877,1901]" captionStartId-1="25.[151,250,1216,1240]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1431,849,1843]" captionTargetBox-1="[156,1434,422,1182]" captionTargetId-0="figure-365@24.[151,1436,849,1854]" captionTargetId-1="figure-150@25.[151,1436,417,1193]" captionTargetPageId-0="24" captionTargetPageId-1="25" captionText-0="FIGURE 22. MGUH 34113, a forewing: A, photograph of the part; B, photograph of the counterpart; C, drawing from both A and B. Note infuscation very light on the part as preserved, darker on the counterpart (see text). All to scale, 5 mm." captionText-1="FIGURE 23. A, Furagrion ansorgei MOA 770 redrawn from a higher resolution copy of Zessins (2011) figure 3 photograph provided by J. Ansorge; shape compared with that of the proposed neotype (blue) B, forewing; C, hind wing. A to scale, 5 mm; B, C wings to no scales, the sizes of proposed neotype wings are adjusted to match arculus to apex and anterior wing margin of MOA 770 to compare shape." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7906220" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7906222" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/7906220/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/7906222/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="312">Figs. 2223</figureCitation>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,391,1086,1113]" pageId="23" pageNumber="312">Emended diagnosis.</emphasis>
The wing of
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as in its diagnosis, above.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,462,1158,1185]" pageId="23" pageNumber="312">Emended description.</emphasis>
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: see genus description and its distinctive character states in the diagnosis of
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,376,1230,1257]" pageId="23" pageNumber="312">Type material.</emphasis>
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likely a forewing by its slender shape (
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, northern coast of Mors, Skaerbaek, Fur Formation, in a calcareous concretion, in the Natural History Museum, Natural Research Society Mecklenburg, Natureum at Ludwigslust Castle (part) and Natural History Museum of
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, Copenhagen,
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(counterpart). We were not able to examine the fossil as the part and counterpart could not be located at the institutions listed. Our discussion is based on
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description and illustrations, and a higher resolution copy of his figure 3 provided by Jörg Ansorge.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,384,1446,1472]" pageId="23" pageNumber="312">Other material.</emphasis>
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34113 (
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) tentatively belongs to the species: a complete forewing in a concretion, coll. Thomas Klode on Fur Island, Knudeklint Member, possibly between ash layers -11 and -13, Fur Formation, 1968, in the Natural History Museum of
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, University of Copenhagen.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,391,1555,1581]" pageId="23" pageNumber="312">Range and age.</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1627,1653]" pageId="23" pageNumber="312">Remarks.</emphasis>
With the ability to examine a larger sample of
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specimens than was available to
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, we find that the character states of
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that he proposed would separate it from
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do not do so. These are:
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<paragraph blockId="23.[151,1437,1764,2043]" box="[151,1217,1764,1791]" pageId="23" pageNumber="312">1- The RA-RP1 space is two cells wide from about the middle of the level of the pterostigma.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="23.[151,1437,1764,2043]" box="[151,1394,1800,1827]" pageId="23" pageNumber="312">- We find this difficult to discern from his fig. 3 photograph and we are not confident that this is established.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="23.[151,1437,1764,2043]" box="[151,521,1836,1862]" pageId="23" pageNumber="312">2- The form of the pterostigma.</paragraph>
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3- The relationship between Zessins “premedial cell” (“prmc”) and the cells below it in the MA-MP space. The premedial cell is the space between RP to slightly past the base of RP3-4 and MA without crossveins from the arculus to the first crossvein between RP-3-4 and MA. He excludes the quadrangle and counts four cells in the MA-MP space subtending this in
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and two cells in this space in
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<emphasis box="[1044,1161,2017,2042]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="312">Furagrion</emphasis>
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.
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- By our count, this is about three and a half cells long in
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, and in the larger sample of
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., FUM-N 13856,
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) to four (FUM-N 14704,
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) cells long and, therefore, consider this to be within intraspecific variation.
</paragraph>
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4- The number of cells in the precubital field (MP-CuA space) to the level of the origin of RP3-4 (three in
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<emphasis box="[198,332,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">Morsagrion</emphasis>
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, four at
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<emphasis box="[509,626,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">Furagrion</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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- Like Zessin, we count three in
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<emphasis box="[535,668,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">M. ansorgei</emphasis>
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, but with our larger sample we find between two (hind wings of MM-10752) to five (FUM-N 11146) in
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<emphasis box="[583,700,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">Furagrion</emphasis>
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. We, therefore, also consider this to be intraspecific variation.
</paragraph>
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5- Eight cells between the beginning of IR2 and RP
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and five in
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<emphasis box="[1059,1176,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">Furagrion</emphasis>
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. This varies from eight cells in Henriksens
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MGUH 1819 to five in FUM-N 13856, with fewer in hind wings,
<emphasis box="[1199,1232,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">e.g</emphasis>
., MM-10750 with 7.5 and 6.5 cells in the forewings and
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the hind wing.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,151,825]" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">- In all of these except MGUH 34113, which we tentatively associate with MOA 770, the IR1-RP2 space is more than one cells wide distad about the level of the pterostigma base (see below).</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,151,825]" box="[151,741,583,609]" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">6- The shape of the discoidal and subdiscoidal cell.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,151,825]" box="[151,644,619,645]" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">- We find that this does not greatly differ.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,151,825]" box="[151,877,655,681]" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">7- The length of the double rows of cells in the IR1-RP2 space.</paragraph>
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- This space is more than one cell wide for only about three cells from ending on the wing margin, whereas in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">F. jutlandicus</emphasis>
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, this space is more than one cell wide to about the level of or slightly more basal of the basal end of the pterostigma. This occurs in all
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<emphasis box="[628,745,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">Furagrion</emphasis>
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specimens that we examined except possibly MGUH 34113 (below) and does appear distinctive.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,288,1877,1901]" pageId="24" pageNumber="313">FIGURE 22.</emphasis>
MGUH 34113, a forewing: A, photograph of the part; B, photograph of the counterpart; C, drawing from both A and B. Note infuscation very light on the part as preserved, darker on the counterpart (see text). All to scale, 5 mm.
</paragraph>
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We, therefore, find that MOA 770/1and MGUH 34113 do not differ enough from the fossils assigned here to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">F. jutlandicus</emphasis>
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to justify placing them in a separate genus, and so treat
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<emphasis box="[905,1039,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">Morsagrion</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis box="[1309,1426,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">Furagrion</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="25.[151,1437,151,393]" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">
Character state 7 of MOA 770 does appear distinctive among the
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<emphasis box="[971,1088,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">Furagrion</emphasis>
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specimens examined (but see
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, below), supporting its status as a separate species.
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, while it is shown in
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drawing (his figs. 1 and 4), this region appears unclear in his photograph (his fig. 3) and in a slightly higher resolution version of it provided by
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(see our drawing made from this,
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).
<collectorName box="[949,986,331,357]" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">We</collectorName>
consider this character state as tentative until the
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specimen can be examined.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="25.[151,1436,1216,1348]" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,289,1216,1240]" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">FIGURE 23.</emphasis>
A,
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<emphasis box="[325,526,1217,1240]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">Furagrion ansorgei</emphasis>
MOA
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770 redrawn from a higher resolution copy of
<bibRefCitation author="Zessin, W." box="[1070,1227,1216,1240]" pageId="25" pageNumber="314" pagination="64 - 73" refId="ref14309" refString="Zessin, W. (2011) Neue Insekten aus dem Moler (Palaozan / Eozan) von Danemark Teil 1 (Odonata: Epallagidae, Megapodagrioniidae), Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg, 14, 64 - 73." type="journal article" year="2011">Zessins (2011)</bibRefCitation>
figure 3 photograph provided by J. Ansorge; shape compared with that of the proposed neotype (blue) B, forewing; C, hind wing. A to scale, 5 mm; B, C wings to no scales, the sizes of proposed neotype wings are adjusted to match arculus to apex and anterior wing margin of MOA 770 to compare shape.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="25.[151,1436,1394,1745]" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">
The shape of wing MOA 770 provides stronger support for recognizing it as a separate species (
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). It has a greater length / width ratio than all
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<emphasis box="[634,751,1431,1456]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">Furagrion</emphasis>
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wings, fore- or hind, by all length measurements except RP2 to apex / width (
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and
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and see PCA, above).
</paragraph>
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By these reasons, we treat MOA 770 as
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<emphasis box="[648,869,1503,1528]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">Furagrion ansorgei</emphasis>
(Zessin)
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[974,1103,1502,1528]" pageId="25" pageNumber="314" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="25.[151,1436,1394,1745]" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">
MGUH 34113 (
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) might be conspecific with MOA 770: Its IR1-RP2 space becomes more than one cell wide closer to the level of the distal end of pterostigma than basal, suggesting an association with
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<emphasis box="[1242,1366,1575,1600]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">F. ansorgei</emphasis>
MOA
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770. This is, however, not as distinct as in Zessins drawing of the MOA 770 wing. More importantly, this wing is relatively narrow like MOA 770. Furthermore, it is smaller (see PCA and
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and
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), although this might represent intraspecific variation or sexual dimorphism. Given this uncertainty, we tentatively treat this specimen as
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<emphasis box="[151,276,1719,1744]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="314">F. ansorgei</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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