Beloscyta, SHCHERBAKOV, 2022

SHCHERBAKOV, DMITRY E., 2022, A peculiar new genus of Scytinopteridae (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha) from the Permian-Triassic boundary beds of Mongolia, Palaeoentomology 5 (3), pp. 218-221 : 218-219

Beloscyta gen. nov.

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Type species. Beloscyta edi sp. nov.; by present designation.

Included species. Type species.

Etymology. From Greek belos (arrow, dart, sting) and skytos (hide, skin, leather); gender feminine.

Diagnosis. Tegmen strongly convex, deeply punctate, narrowed to acute apex. Claval furrow and costal fracture obliterated. Basal cell open, R+M and CuA stems not connected at base. R apparently simple, apical branches of M and CuA in posterior pecten. Pronotum trapezoidal, lateral margins foliaceous.

Remarks. Distinct from all other Scytinopteridae and Scytinopteroidea in the pointed coleopterous tegmen without costal fracture and claval furrow. In the tegmen strongly tapered towards narrow apex, similar to Ipsviciidae Tillyard, 1919 (Triassic–Early Jurassic), but in the latter the tegmina are less convex and sclerotized, with finer sculpture, and retain the claval furrow, costal fracture, closed basal cell, and distinct anterior R branches.