A new damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |
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| Institution: | 1. From Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas;2. Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, Sugar Land, Texas;3. Department of Radiology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas;4. Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas;5. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. |
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| Abstract: | The genus Mesosticta Huang, Azar, Cai et Nel, 2015 was established based on the wing bases of two damselflies from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Here we describe a new well-preserved platystictid damselfly, Mesosticta electronica sp. nov., with complete forewings and hindwings. The diagnosis of Mesosticta is revised and augmented in this paper. Mesosticta electronica sp. nov. differs from Mesosticta burmatica Huang, Azar, Cai et Nel, 2015 in having the arculus slightly distal of Ax2, a free subdiscoidal cell, the hindwing AA ending on the middle area of the posterior side of the discoidal cell, and the base of RP2 being three or four cells distal of the subnodus. The new discovery adds to the diversity of damselflies in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber and puts the origin of Platystictidae to at least the mid-Cretaceous. |
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| Keywords: | Platystictidae Zygoptera Odonata Cenomanian Cretaceous Burmese amber |
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