Aleksiana, KRZEMIŃSKI & KOPEĆ & SOSZYŃSKA-MAJ & SKIBIŃSKA, 2021

KRZEMIŃSKI, WIESŁAW, KOPEĆ, KATARZYNA, SOSZYŃSKA-MAJ, AGNIESZKA & SKIBIŃSKA, KORNELIA, 2021, Aleksiana rasnitsyni gen. et sp. nov. (Diptera, Limoniidae) to honour Alexandr Rasnitsyn, Palaeoentomology 4 (5), pp. 436-440 : 437

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.5.8

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8626E845-423C-4CDD-BC0C-6D4B74726D52

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:8626E845-423C-4CDD-BC0C-6D4B74726D52

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Aleksiana
status

gen. nov.

Aleksiana gen. nov.

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Type species. Aleksiana rasnitsyni gen. et sp. nov. — Burmese amber, Upper Cretaceous by present designation .

Species included. Aleksiana rasnitsyni gen. et sp. nov., Aleksiana lapra ( Podenas & Poinar, 2009) comb. nov.

Etymology. Genus and species name is dedicated to Alexander Pavlovich Rasnitsyn, a great Russian specialist in palaeoentomology, phylogeny and taxonomy of insects, especially of Hymenoptera.

Diagnosis. d-cell closed; cross vein m-cu far before bifurcation of Mb into M 1+2 and M 3+4; gonocoxites with long single appendage in apical part; parameres very long reaching gonocoxite length or longer; outer and inner gonostylus partially fused in basal part.

Considering the structure of the hypopygium, two species known only from the Burmese amber, i. e.,? Antocha (? subgen.) lapra Podenas & Poinar, 2009 and Aleksiana rasnitsyni sp. nov. are included in the new genus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Limoniidae

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