Published December 31, 2012 | Version v1
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Germanostenolestes Nel & Fleck, 2012, gen. nov.

Description

Genus Germanostenolestes gen. nov.

Type species. Germanostenolestes lutzi sp. nov.

Etymology. Named after Germany and Stenolestes.

Diagnosis. Wing characters only. ScP crossing through nodus, nodal crossvein and subnodus nearly vertical, discoidal cell of forewing very broad, with its anterior and posterior sides not parallel and distal side much longer than basal side, oblique vein present; bases of RP 3/4 and IR2 between arculus and nodus; long pterostigma, without pterostigmal brace; base of RP 2 well distal of subnodus; numerous postnodal crossveins; CuA short, ending just distal of nodus level; cubito-anal area broad but with cells not elongate; only one row of cells between IR1 and RP 1; two rows of cells between IR1 and RP 2; very narrow area between RP 3/4 and MA with only one row of cells between their base and two cells basal of pterostigma.

Notes

Published as part of Nel, André & Fleck, Gunther, 2012, A new genus and species of Sieblosiidae from the Middle Miocene of Germany (Odonata: Epiproctophora), pp. 64-68 in Zootaxa 3582 on page 64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.283081

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Biodiversity

Family
Sieblosiidae
Genus
Germanostenolestes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Odonata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Germanostenolestes Nel & Fleck, 2012