Danowhetaksa Simonsen, Ware & Archibald, 2022
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.5.5 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:858A6F93-F7D6-4DCE-95BF-8918BBA4F70C |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6311197 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D822CB2B-FF95-FFA7-0FF6-F8F7FD73F7C0 |
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Plazi |
scientific name |
Danowhetaksa Simonsen, Ware & Archibald |
status |
gen. nov. |
Danowhetaksa Simonsen, Ware & Archibald , new genus
Diagnosis. Most easily distinguished from Whetwhetaksa by: 1, pterostigma length ca. 7 times width [ca. 10 times]; 2, dark fascia mid-wing, basal wing hyaline [colouration extends to wing base where known]; 3, origin of IR2 closer to nodus than to origin of R3-4 [closer to origin of R3-4], at least three crossveins between them [one]; 4, MP, CuA more widely separated distally [maximum ca. 10 cells at margin], not subparallel [maximum two cells, subparallel].
Type and included species. Type species, Danowhetaksa birgitteae n. sp. here designated; other included species, Danowhetaksa rusti n. sp.
Etymology. The genus name is formed from the prefix ‘Dano-’ referring to Denmark, and the suffix ‘-whetaksa’ referring to the Whetwhetaksidae . Gender: feminine.
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