Tibetxya, Cao & Yang & Shen & Yin, 2021
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.1.8 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0D65185D-906A-4DD8-90B9-4CA155587138 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5150584 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0F03FE5F-127F-BF4D-CFC4-8910FB4DFB95 |
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Plazi |
scientific name |
Tibetxya |
status |
gen. nov. |
Tibetxya View in CoL gen. nov.
Type species: Tibetxya motuoensis sp. nov. ( Fig.1 A–E View FIGURES 1 , Fig. 2 A–H View FIGURES 2 ).
Diagnosis: The new genus lacking swimming plates at metatibia and metatarsus degenerated is allied to Paraxya Cao, Chen & Yin, 2019 , but differs from latter by length of head and pronotum longer than tegmen, tegmen with Sc vein and R vein, length of metatibia 2.3 times length of apical spurs and 8 th segment of antennae not narrow in base. The new genus is also allied to Xya Latreille, 1809 , but differs from latter by the metatibia lacking swimming plates.
Etymology: The new genus is name Tibet, Tibetxya showing the new genus from Tibet, China.
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