Eadia, Vršanský, 2009

Vršanský, Peter, 2009, Albian cockroaches (Insecta, Blattida) from French amber of Archingeay, Geodiversitas 31 (1), pp. 73-98 : 82-83

Genus Eadia n. gen.

TYPE SPECIES. — Eadia aidae n. sp., by monotypy.

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS. — Head like in Raphidiomimula Grimaldi & Ross, 2004 (whith temporal space invisible, and thus the presence of ocelli not validated). Whole body considerably shorter, and robust, cerci more derived, elongated with narrow, almost filiform distal half. Fore tarsi considerably longer.

ETYMOLOGY. — After eādem, Latin for “by the same way”.

DESCRIPTION

Eyes large, protruding beyond the head outline. Facets very small. Space between eyes very wide. Three ocelli are plain and pale, covered by cuticle. Three rows, each with 10 short chaeta, present above clypeal sutura. Maxillary palp long and narrow, with sparse slender sensilla chaetica. Fore femur with two distinct rows of spurs, tibia with very strong, curved spurs. Tarsi very long (longer than tibiae), with numerous small sensilla chaetica. Cerci long, of standard general fusiform habitus in basal half, but extremely thin and elongated apically.

REMARKS

The robust and considerably shorter body, and even more elongated cerci are strong autapomorphies.