Madygembia rasnitsyni Aristov & Storozhenko, 2021

ARISTOV, DANIIL S. & STOROZHENKO, SERGEY YU., 2021, A new genus of the family Alexarasniidae (Insecta: Embiida) from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan, Palaeoentomology 4 (5), pp. 433-435 : 434

Madygembia rasnitsyni Aristov & Storozhenko , sp. nov.

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Holotype. PIN 2785/2162, counterpart, stored at the Borisyak Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Science.

Etymology. The new species is named in honor of the famous Russian paleoentomologist and hymenopterologist Prof. Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn.

Diagnosis. As for the genus.

Type locality and horizon. Madygen locality, Dzhailoucho near village of Madygen, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan; Madygen Formation, Middle or Upper Triassic, Ladinian or Carnian (sensu Shcherbakov, 2015).

Description. Length of imprint 20 mm. Anterior margin of forewing slightly concave near middle. Costal area crossed by numerous simple veins, as wide as subcostal area in basal quarter of wing. RS with four branches bur posterior branch fused with simple MA. Intercubital area narrow, crossed by simple cross-veins.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Madygembia rasnitsyni gen et sp. nov., forewing. A, Photograph of holotype. B, Sketch drawing of holotype. Scale bars = 3 mm.