Alexarasnia rossica Gorochov

Gorochov, Andrej V., 2011, A new, enigmatic family for new genus and species of Polyneoptera from the Upper Permian of Russia, ZooKeys 130, pp. 131-136 : 134

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.130.1487

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Alexarasnia rossica Gorochov
status

sp. n.

Alexarasnia rossica Gorochov   ZBK sp. n.

Holotype.

PIN (Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) 3840/63, part and counterpart of imprint of tegmen (sex unknown) with indistinctly preserved distal area; Russia, Vologda Region, Velikij Ustyug District, left bank of Sukhona River near Isady Village (locality “Isady”); Upper Permian (Tatarian), Severodvinian Stage.

Description.

Tegmen (Figs 1, 2) with all veins more or less dark; membranes between them slightly darkened, but with somewhat lighter subcostal area; proximal bifurcation of MP+CuA1 and that of CuA2 situated rather far distad from proximal bifurcation of R. Length of tegmen 12 mm.

Etymology.

The specific epithet is adapted from “Rossia” (Latin for Russia).