Pteropilosa
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Pteromalidae
Name
Pteropilosa Bläser & Krogmann & Peters, 2015 gen. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type species
Pteropilosa lailarabanorum sp. n.
Material
Female holotype, preserved in Eocene Baltic amber (56-34 Ma). Holotype deposited in the amber collection of the State Museum of Natural History, SMNS collection number BB-2815.
Diagnosis
Funicle of female 6-segmented with funicular segments 3-6 distinctly transverse, i.e., shorter than wide (Fig. 1D); toruli positioned near upper margin of eyes (upper third of eyes); intertorular prominence tooth-shaped, positioned slightly below level of toruli; shape of head almost round (Fig. 1D). Fore wing pilose (Fig. 1B); marginal vein less than four times as long as stigmal vein; parastigma without a tuft of erect setae (Fig. 1B). Mesosoma sculptured and irregularly imbricate with short and transverse strigulate lines; frenal line present (Fig. 1C).
Etymology
The generic name Pteropilosa is composed of two parts. The first being Ptero-, which is derived from the old-Greek “pteryx”, meaning “wing”; the last letters -pilosa are derived from the Latin “capillosus”, meaning “hairy”. It can be roughly translated as “hairy wings”, referring to the most striking unique feature of this new genus. The generic name is feminine in gender.
Original Description
- Bläser, M; Krogmann, L; Peters, R; 2015: Two new fossil genera and species of Cerocephalinae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), including the first record from the Eocene ZooKeys, (545): 89-100. doi
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