New Jurassic Pseudopolycentropodids from China (Insecta: Mecoptera)

• 作 者: Conrad C. LABANDEIRA
• 机 构: Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington,
• 出 处: Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)
• 发表日期: 2010年01期
• 关键词: Jurassic Insecta fossil preserved northeastern Middle holotype strata sedimentar

In this paper two new species of fossil Pseudopolycentropus Handlirsch, 1906 are described: Pseudopolycentropus janeannae sp. nov. and P. novokshonovi, sp. nov. All of them were recovered from the Middle Jurassic non-marine sedimentary strata of northeastern China. The new material from China reveals that the early diversification of pseudopolycentropodids was well underway by the Middle Jurassic.

In this paper two new species of fossil Pseudopolycentropus Handlirsch, 1906 are described: Pseudopolycentropus janeannae sp. Nov. And P. novokshonovi, sp. Nov. All of them were recovered from the Middle Jurassic non-marine sedimentary strata of northeastern China. The new material from China reveals that the early diversification of pseudopolycentropods was well underway by the Middle Jurassic.