Libanoaeshnidae Azar, Maksoud, Abi-Saad & Nel, 2024, fam. nov.
Authors/Creators
- 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.
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Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://zoobank.org/B31E7911-6D80-40B1-AD1E-D3396F82982D
- URL
- http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CD87ECD2391902FF1EF096FD1F3EBE
- LSID
- urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B31E7911-6D80-40B1-AD1E-D3396F82982D
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.