Grimaldinia pronotalis, Popov, Yuri A. & Heiss, Ernst, 2014

Popov, Yuri A. & Heiss, Ernst, 2014, Grimaldinia pronotalis n. gen., n. sp. from Mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Leptopodidae, Leptosaldinae), Zootaxa 3878 (5), pp. 444-450 : 449

Grimaldinia pronotalis sp. n.

( Figs. 1–2 , photo 1–2)

Holotype. Submacropterous specimen, sex not determined, in a half-moon shaped piece of Burmese Amber (20x 4x 7mm) embedded in a block of transparent resin; left forewing damaged by an oval cut out probably caused by scavengers; specimen is ventrally attached to a strip of lizard skin, thus ventral side of specimen is not visible, lateral view partly obscured by amber impurities; membraneous hind wing of the left forewing is laterally roundly exposed and overlapping the right fore wing, its surface showing dense microsculpture and longitudinal venation.

Deposited as BUB-LEP- 1 in the collection of the second author.

Description. As given in the generic diagnosis and description. Coloration of dorsal and ventral side (as far as visible) uniformly black.

Measurements. Length 3.0mm; head width / length 45/24, anterior width between eyes 6; pronotum length at middle / width 11/27, length laterally 14; scutellum length / width 33 / 33; length of eye 10, diameter 4.

Etymology. Refers to the conspicuous configuration of the pronotum.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 2. Grimaldinia pronotalis n. gen., n. sp., 1 — dorsal view; 2 — lateral view. Abbreviations: at—antenna; ca—cut out of left forewing; ce—cells; cf—costal fracture; cl—clavus; cof—corial fracture; ey—eye; mh—exposed membranous left hind wing; ms—mesoscutum; oa—outline of abdomen beneath hemelytra. Scale 1 mm.