Jurassipanorpa Ding, Shih & Ren

Ding, He, Shih, Chungkun, Bashkuev, Alexei, Zhao, Yunyun & Ren, Dong, 2014, The earliest fossil record of Panorpidae (Mecoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of China, ZooKeys 431, pp. 79-92 : 80

Taxon classification Animalia Mecoptera Panorpidae

Jurassipanorpa Ding, Shih & Ren gen. n.

Etymology.

The generic name is a combination of Jurassic, highlighting the age of these fossil panorpids, and Panorpa , the type genus of Panorpidae . Gender feminine.

Type species.

Jurassipanorpa impunctata Ding, Shih & Ren, sp. n.

Other included species.

Jurassipanorpa sticta Ding, Shih & Ren sp. n.

Diagnosis.

In forewing, Sc reaching the anterior margin near or beyond the middle of the wing; both R1 and Rs1 with two branches; 1A reaching posterior margin distad of the forking of Rs from R1; 3 anal veins present; one crossvein between Cu1 and Cu2 and between 1A and 2A respectively.

Remarks.

We assigned this genus to Panorpidae mainly based on the following characters: (1) head capsule with prolonged downward mouthparts; (2) slender wings and forewing slightly larger than hind wing with similar veins; (3) forewing Rs with five branches; (4) forewing M with four branches; (5) forewing Cu1 not fused with M basally, one crossvein between M4 and Cu1; and (6) hind wing Rs with five and M with four branches as those of forewing.