Moleropterix kalbei, M.S & R.K, 2008

M. S & R. K, 2008, A primitive moth from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation (" Mo-clay ") of Denmark (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1443-1448 : 1445

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5431150

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5486686

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C38784-DA3D-F901-FF5A-FCCDF13BFB35

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Valdenar

scientific name

Moleropterix kalbei
status

sp. nov.

Moleropterix kalbei nov.sp. ( Figs 1-2 View Fig View Fig )

H o l o t y p e: Forewing ( Fig. 1 View Fig ), KU-NHM-ENT FFD-002, Denmark: Stolleklint, Insel Fur, J. Kalbe, 20 November 1990 ; Fur (Moler) Formation, Early Eocene (Ypresian). The holotype is deposited in the Fossil Insect Collection , Division of Entomology , University of Kansas Natural History Museum , Lawrence, Kansas .

D i a g n o s i s:Asforthegenus(videsupra).

D e s c r i p t i o n: The generic diagnosis characterizes both the genus and the species ( ICZN, 1999: Art. 13.4) to which we add the following additional metrics: Preserved length 6.2 mm (total length likely about 7-7.5 mm), maximum width 3.0 mm.

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet is a patronymic honoring Mr. Johannes KALBE, collector of the holotype and who kindly permitted its deposition in the Fossil Insect Collection of the University of Kansas Natural History Museum.

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