Paranedubrovia minutissima Bashkuev

Bashkuev, Alexei S., 2011, Nedubroviidae, a new family of Mecoptera: the first Paleozoic long-proboscid scorpionflies, Zootaxa 2895, pp. 47-57 : 54

Paranedubrovia minutissima Bashkuev , sp. nov.

Figs. 5 C; 6H.

Etymology. Derived from Latin minutissimus, “tiniest.”

Holotype. PIN, no. 5103/284, well-preserved forewing (part and counterpart).

Locality and Horizon. Balymotikha locality, Vyazniki town, Vladimir Province, Central European Russia; uppermost Vyatkian, Upper Permian.

Diagnosis. Venationally similar to the type species but differing in being much smaller (about 0.6-0.7 times size of the type species).

Description. Forewing length 2.95 mm, width 1.16 mm.

Remarks. It cannot be excluded that the type is a dwarf specimen of P. novokshonovi . However, taking into consideration the comparatively low size variation of the latter, I prefer to consider them as distinct at the species level, and to wait for more material to test this hypothesis.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Forewings of Paranedubrovia gen. nov. A – B, P. novokshonovi sp. nov. A, paratype PIN, no. 5103 / 121. B, holotype PIN, no. 5103 / 120. C, P. minutissima sp. nov., holotype PIN, no. 5103 / 284. Scale bar 1 mm.