A new taxon of a primitive moth (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Eolepidopterigidae) from the latest Middle Jurassic of northeastern China

Wei-Ting Zhang; Chung-Kun Shih; Conrad C. Labandeira; Dong Ren

doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.39

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1 July 2015 A new taxon of a primitive moth (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Eolepidopterigidae) from the latest Middle Jurassic of northeastern China

Wei-Ting Zhang, Chung-Kun Shih, Conrad C. Labandeira, Dong Ren

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J. of Paleontology, 89(4):617-621 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2015.39

Abstract

A new genus and species, Aclemus patulus n. gen. n. sp., is described based on a new specimen collected from the latest Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation in Inner Mongolia, China. Based on a combination of characters from this fossil, including a homonomous fore- and hindwing, a 3-branched media vein, wings lacking long cilia on their margins; and a cross-vein absent between subcosta and radius, we establish a new genus assigned to the Eolepidopterigidae. In addition, the diagnosis of Longcapitalis excelsus Zhang, Shih, Labandeira and Ren 2013, is emended based on new fossil material.

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Wei-Ting Zhang, Chung-Kun Shih, Conrad C. Labandeira, and Dong Ren "A new taxon of a primitive moth (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Eolepidopterigidae) from the latest Middle Jurassic of northeastern China," Journal of Paleontology 89(4), 617-621, (1 July 2015). https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2015.39

Accepted: 30 July 2015; Published: 1 July 2015

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