Gusagrion, Nel, 2024

Nel, André, 2024, Two new damselflies from the Eocene Green River Formation (Odonata, Zygoptera, Dysagrionidae, Thaumatoneuridae), Zootaxa 5446 (4), pp. 588-594 : 589

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.4.11

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11102082

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Gusagrion
status

gen. nov.

Genus Gusagrion gen. nov.

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Type species: Gusagrion coloratum sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Wing venation characters only. Elongate and narrow discoidal cell; long petiole; nodus situated in a very basal position, at 10% of distance between Ax2 and wing apex; distal third of wing very broad; narrow anal area below subdiscoidal cell, at most as broad as subdiscoidal cell; only one crossvein below subdiscoidal cell.

Etymology. Named after the type locality Gus’ pit and the suffix Agrion. Gender neutral.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Thaumatoneuridae

SubFamily

Eodysagrioninae

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