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Ovalofemora monstruosa Jepson & Khramov & Ohl 2018, comb. nov.

Description

Ovalofemora monstruosa (Khramov, 2013) comb. nov.

2013 Mesithone monstruosa Khramov, p. 224 (Mesithoninae)

2015 Karataumantispa monstruosa Jepson, p. 426 (Mesomantispinae)

Remarks. Ovalofemora monstruosa was originally placed within the genus Mesithone Panfilov, 1980 (Khramov, 2013). It was later removed from Mesithone and placed in Karataumantispa along with Mesithone carnaria Khramov, 2013 (Jepson, 2015). The placement of monstruosa within Karataumantispa was tentative, due to the poor preservation of the wing venation and the possession of a different foreleg morphology compared to K. carnaria (see Jepson, 2015). The discovery of Ovalofemora abbottae gen. et sp. nov., which shares a similar foreleg morphology (oval shaped, stout coxa, trochanter, femur, and hooked prostrate setae on tibia), in addition to similar venation, justified its removal from Karataumantispa and placement within a new genus, Ovalofemora gen. nov. The differences between the foreleg morphology of the Karatau mesomantispines are shown in Figure 3.

Notes

Published as part of Jepson, James E., Khramov, Alexander V. & Ohl, Michael, 2018, New Mesomantispinae (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the Jurassic of Karatau, Kazakhstan, pp. 563-574 in Zootaxa 4402 (3) on page 570, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/1209798

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Jepson & Khramov & Ohl
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Neuroptera
Family
Mantispidae
Genus
Ovalofemora
Species
monstruosa
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Ovalofemora monstruosa (Khramov, 2013) sec. Jepson, Khramov & Ohl, 2018

References

  • Khramov, A. V. (2013) New mantidflies (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Kazakhstan. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 44, 221 - 230. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 1876312 X- 44032094
  • Panfilov, D. V. (1980) New representatives of lacewings (Neuroptera) from the Jurassic of Karatau. In: Dolin, V. G., Panfilov, D. V., Ponomarenko, A. G. & Pritykina, L. N. (Eds.), Mesozoic Fossil Insects. Nauka Dumka, Kiev, pp. 82 - 111. [in Russian]
  • Jepson, J. E. (2015) A review of the current state of knowledge of fossil Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Zootaxa, 3964, 419 - 432. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3964.4.2