Palaeoneurorthus Wichard, 2009

Boudinot, Brendon E., Bock, Bernhard L., Weingardt, Michael, Troeger, Daniel, Batelka, Jan, LI, Di, Richter, Adrian, Pohl, Hans, Moosdorf, Olivia T. D., Jandausch, Kenny, Hammel, Joerg U. & Beutel, Rolf G., 2024, Et latet et lucet: Discoveries from the Phyletisches Museum amber and copal collection in Jena, Germany, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 71 (1), pp. 111-176 : 111

Genus Palaeoneurorthus Wichard, 2009

Type species.

† Palaeoneurorthus hoffeinsorum Wichard, 2009.

Diagnosis.

This genus can be characterized by the forewing with costal cross veins almost all simple, the cross veins 3rp3+4-rp2 present in forewings and absent in hindwings, the flattened male sternum 9 with tongue-like tip and the needle-like male gonapophyses 9.

Note.

One male specimen in the amber collection (PMJ Pa 5874) is a member of Nevrorthidae . It was assigned to the genus Palaeoneurorthus based on our examination (Fig. 22A ). We briefly characterize this specimen below:

Figures

Figure 22. † Palaeoneurorthus sp. (Nevrorthidae) preserved in piece PMJ Pa 5874. A. Overview; B. Wing venation; C. Wing venation drawing; D. Genitalia; E. Genitalia drawing. Abbreviations: e = ectoproct, gp 9 = gonapophyses 9, gst 9 = gonostyli 9, gx 9 = gonocoxites 9, T 9 = tergum 9.