Cretapsyche palpinova, Wichard & Neumann, 2019

Wichard, Wilfried & Neumann, Christian, 2019, A new bizarre dysoneurid species (Insecta, Trichoptera) in Burmese amber, Fossil Record 22 (2), pp. 51-56 : 52

Cretapsyche palpinova sp. nov.

Figs. 1–2 .

Holotype

Kept in the amber collection of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (MfN: holotype inventory number MB.I. 7340 coll., former Patrick Müller collection, BUB 2587). Fossil from Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian. Embedded in Burmese amber, body well preserved; forewing in dorsal view, hind wing covered dorsally by forewing. Antennae and legs present. Male genitalia visible in ventral view.

Etymology

Figures

Figure 1. Cretapsyche palpinova sp. nov. (a) Male in ventral view. (b) Forewing venation: II, III, and V denote apical forks II, III, and V; TC denotes thyridial cell.

Figure 2. Cretapsyche palpinova sp. nov. (a) Drawing of the scapi, pedicelli, and first antennal segments; the five-segmented maxillary palps (max palp), the three-segmented labial palps (lab palp); and a pair of pilifers arising from the maxillary palps. (b) Head with palps and antennae in ventral view. (c) Male genitalia in ventral view. (d) Drawing of the male genitalia in ventral view with the inferior appendages (inf ap) consisting of the basal coxopodite and the apical harpago, with the preanal appendages (pre ap) and with tergum X divided in two apical lobes (X ap).