Valid Names Results

Pseudoweitschatus audebertis Vea & Grimaldi, 2015 (Weitschatidae: Pseudoweitschatus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudoweitschatus audebertis Vea & Grimaldi 2015: 16. Type data: MYANMAR: Kachin: near Tanai village. Albian-Cenomanian boundary, in amber. Holotype, unknown, by original designation Type depository: New York: American Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology Collection, New York, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• LinYaRe2018: pp.432 ( Adult (M) ) [species of Weitschatidae]

Remarks

• Structure: Male large and robust, 1.76 mm long, largest width at mesothorax, 465 µm. Head: Transversely rectangular, dorsoventrally flattened, 405 µm wide, 215 µm long. Each ocular sclerite with a pair of large compound eyes protruding laterally, eye length ca. 125 µm, each eye with about 100 ommatidia. Ocelli hardly observable but present dorsad to compound eyes. Dorsal midcranial ridge well developed and extending to a strongly sclerotized postoccipital ridge, setae present at least on margin of dorsum of head. Ventral surface of head with ridges forming a five-armed star comprising the midcranial ridge starting anteriorly and fusing with two preocular ridges and two preoral ridges. Antenna: 10-segmented and long, (Vea & Grimaldi, 2015)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and photograph in Vea & Grimaldi, 2015.

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