Puripolystoechotes, Yang & Shi & Pang & Ren, 2019

Yang, Qiang, Shi, Chaofan, Pang, Hong & Ren, Dong, 2019, A new genus of giant lacewing (Insecta, Neuroptera, Ithonidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China, Zootaxa 4613 (2), pp. 375-378 : 376

Genus Puripolystoechotes gen. nov.

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Type species: Puripolystoechotes pumilus gen. et sp. nov. Figure 1

Diagnosis. Hind wing humeral vein simple, not recurrent; subcostal veinlets simple and sparsely distributed before the mid wing; with only three ra-rp crossveins; basal 1r-m between stem R and M long and sigmoid; M forked slightly distal to origin of RP1. Membrane without color pattern.

Etymology. From the Latin purus, clean, pure, and Polystoechotes , a genus-group name, in reference to the pure color with no spots or band on the wing. Gender masculine.

Species included. Type species only.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Puripolystoechotes pumilus gen. et sp. nov., holotype CNU-NEU-NN NN2013010PC. A, B, photograph of the holotype (part and counterpart), wetted with ethanol; C, line drawing of the holotype; D, line drawing of the hind wing with venational terminology. Scale bars = 10 mm.