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Paracearagryllus poliacanthus Martins-Neto, n. comb.

Description

Paracearagryllus poliacanthus Martins-Neto n. comb.

(Figs. 2 C, J, K)

1. Cearagryllus poliacanthus Martins-Neto, 1991

Specimens included. CD-I-69 (holotype), CV-558, CV-1989, and CV-2335.

New material. RGMN-504.

Description. (RGMN-504, female). Body length as preserved 13.6 mm. Body relatively stunted, with the last segments concentric. Ovipositor relatively short, lance-like, 11 mm long. Fore wing as preserved 12.9 mm long, with costal area wider at the wing base, narrowing towards the apex and filled with long and pectinate cross-veins. ScP long, slightly curved, deflecting distally (probably a taphonomic deformation of the wing). R parallel and close to ScP. MA with three secondary branches: MA1 origin at the wing mid length. MP with at least ten oblique secondary branches. Cubital and anal area filled by at least six secondary branches, with the proximal one (Cubital) reaching the posterior margin at the mid length of the wing.

Notes

Published as part of Martins-Neto, Rafael Gioia & Tassi, Lara Vaz, 2009, The Orthoptera (Ensifera) from the Santana formation (Early Cretaceous, Northeast Brazil): A statistical and paleoecological approach, with description of new taxa, pp. 21-37 in Zootaxa 2080 on page 30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187344

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Martins-Neto
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Cooloolidae
Genus
Paracearagryllus
Species
poliacanthus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.

References

  • Martins-Neto, R. G. (1991) Sistematica dos Ensifera (Insecta, Orthopteroida) da Formacao Santana, Cretaceo Inferior do Nordeste do Brasil Acta Geologica Leopoldensia, 32 (14), 3 - 162.