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Libanoaeshnidae Azar, Maksoud, Abi-Saad & Nel, 2024, fam. nov.

  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China & Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Sciences II, Lebanese University, P. O. Box: 26110217, Fanar, Matn, Lebanon
  • 2. Memory of Time, Byblos old sook, Byblos, Lebanon
  • 3. Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB-UMR 7205 - CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 57 Rue Cuvier, CP 50, Entomologie, F- 75005, Paris, France

Description

Family Libanoaeshnidae fam. nov.

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Type genus. Libanoaeshna gen. nov., by present designation.

Type species. Libanoaeshna mikhaeli sp. nov.

Etymology. Named after Libanos = Lebanon in Greek ‘Λίβανος’ and the suffix ‘aeshna. Gender feminine.

Diagnosis. Forewing characters only. Putative autapomorphic characters of the new fossil are as follows: forewing discoidal triangle very long and narrow, with vein MAb having a very strong angle and a strong curvature; a very strong trigonal planate (convergences with the Liupanshaniidae Bechly et al., 2001); area between MP and posterior margin of wing broad; CuA short, strongly curved and without distinct posterior branches; an intercalary longitudinal vein between AA and AP; antenodal crossveins very numerous between Ax1 and Ax2 and distad Ax2; cells and intercalary crossveins in area below IR2 very numerous; area between RP1 and RP2 very narrow up to pterostigma; pterostigma in a basal position.

Notes

Published as part of Azar, Dany, Maksoud, Sibelle, Abi-Saad, Pierre & Nel, Andre, 2024, A new, to date endemic, family of dragonfly in the mid-Cretaceous fossil fish Konservat-Lagerstätte of Haqel, Lebanon (Odonata: Anisoptera), pp. 142-150 in Zootaxa 5497 (1) on page 144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/13618068

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Identifiers

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Azar & Maksoud & Abi-Saad & Nel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Odonata
Family
Libanoaeshnidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic status
fam. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Libanoaeshnidae Azar, Maksoud, Abi-Saad & Nel, 2024

References

  • Bechly, G., Nel, A., Martinez-Delclos, X., Jarzembowski, E. A., Coram, R., Martill, D., Fleck, G., Escuillie, F., Wisshak, M. M. & Maisch, M. (2001) Revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Palaontologische Abhandlungen, 4, 1 - 230.