Fiaponeura penghiani, Lu & Zhang & Liu, 2016

Lu, Xiumei, Zhang, Weiwei & Liu, Xingyue, 2016, Nomenclatural validation of new genera and species of the superfamily Psychopsoidea (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar, Zoological Systematics 41 (3), pp. 323-326 : 325

Fiaponeura penghiani sp. nov. ( Figs 1–5 )

Fiaponeura penghiani Lu, Zhang & Liu, 2016: 3 . nom. invalid.

Diagnosis. Same as for the genus.

Description. See Lu et al. (2016).

Type material. Holotype. EMTG BU-001679 , amber piece preserving an almost complete adult male of F. penghiani (wings partly not preserved), a beetle, and a midge; it is polished in the form of a flattened semi-ellipsoid cabochon, clear and transparent, with length×width about 30.7× 17.8 mm, height about 3.7 mm.

Etymology. The new species is dedicated to Mr. Tay Peng Hian, currently the President of the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP), who over the years has encouraged author WZ to continue his philately.

Remarks. See Lu et al. (2016).

Figures

Figure 1–5. Fiaponeura penghiani gen. & sp. nov., holotype male. 1. Habitus photo, dorsal. 2. Habitus drawing. 3. Photo of proximal part of forewing. 4. Photo of proximal part of hindwing. 5. Photo of foreleg tarsus. Scale bars: 1 =2 mm; 2 = 2.5 mm; 3 =0.5mm; 4=0.2mm; 5 =0.05mm.