Dysmorphoptiloides ellisi, Lambkin, Kevin J., 2015

Lambkin, Kevin J., 2015, Revision of the Dysmorphoptilidae with emarginate tegmina (Hemiptera: Auchenorryncha: Cicadomorpha: Prosboloidea) of the Queensland Triassic, Zootaxa 3936 (3), pp. 357-374 : 367

Dysmorphoptiloides ellisi sp. nov.

(Figs 18,19)

Material. Holotype right tegmen QM F57823 , Gayndah, collected by K.J. Lambkin.

Description. Tegmen smaller than D. elongata , approximately 4.3 mm wide; clavus not preserved; terminal fork of M3+4 much shallower than in any of the specimens of D. elongata , an end-twig only; coloration not preserved.

Notes. Even though the single specimen preserves only the apical half of the tegmen, the two differences listed above do not fall within the intraspecific variation exhibited by the long series of D. elongata . These differences, as well as the fact that the specimen is from the approximately 15 million years older Middle Triassic Gayndah Formation, are considered as sufficient grounds to name it as a distinct species. The species is named in honour of former Geological Survey of Queensland geologist, Peter Ellis, who discovered the Gayndah fossil insect site in 1962 ( Woods 1962).