Symphylurinopsis punctatus, Sánchez-García, Sendra, Davis & Grimaldi, 2023

Sánchez-García, Alba, Sendra, Alberto, Davis, Steven & Grimaldi, David A., 2023, Fossil diversity in ‘ dawn’ hexapods (Diplura: Projapygoidea), with direct evidence for being chemically predaceous in the Cretaceous, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198 (3), pp. 847-870 : 852

SYMPHYLURINOPSIS PUNCTATUS SP. NOV.

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Zoobank registration: urn: lsid: zoobank. org:act: 12E8CFF1-2EDD-4571-B332-498D626E0596

Diplura : Campodeidae ; Grimaldi & Engel (2005): p. 118, fig. 3.34.

Etymology: The name is derived from the Latin punctatus , dotted, in reference to the cuticular punctures.

Holotype: M-2232 ( Figs 3–5 ), Ettore Morone collection, Turin, Italy (available through the AMNH), male, adult; specimen entirely preserved and observable dorsally and ventrally; the piece is a transparent, orange in colour, 23 mm × 11 mm in largest dimensions; without syninclusions.

Figures

Figure 3. Photomicrographs of holotype of Symphylurinopsis punctatus gen. et sp. nov. (M-2232) in Miocene Dominican amber.A, dorsal habitus. B, detail of setigerous punctures on tergites IV–VII. C, detail of head. D, detail of cerci in ventral view. Abbreviations: gp, genital papilla; lp, labial palp; mp, maxillary palp; stVII, stylus VII. Scale bars: 0.5 mm in A; 0.1 mm in B–D.

Figure 4. Camera lucida drawings of holotype of Symphylurinopsis punctatus gen. et sp. nov. (M-2232) in Miocene Dominican amber. A, detail of cerci. B, dorsal habitus. Abbreviations: lp, labial palp; scA, lateral subcoxal appendage; stI– stVII, stylus I–VII. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 5. Volume renderings of holotype of Symphylurinopsis punctatus gen. et sp. nov. (M-2232) in Miocene Dominican amber. A, dorsal habitus. B, ventral habitus. C, left lateral habitus. All to the same scale. Scale bar: 1 mm.