The first euthemistid damsel-dragonfly from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata, Epiproctophora, Isophlebioptera)

Zookeys. 2013 Jan 24:(261):41-50. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.261.4371. Print 2013.

Abstract

Sinoeuthemis daohugouensis gen. et sp. n. is the first record of the isophlebiopteran family Euthemistidae from Middle Jurassic of northeast China, while previously this family was restricted to the early Late Jurassic Kazakhstan. This new finding allows us to emend the family diagnosis with hindwing characters. This new species shows a mixture of characters alternatively present in different genera of the two families Euthemistidae and Sphenophlebiidae.

Keywords: China; Euthemistidae; Middle Jurassic; Sphenophlebiidae; gen. et sp. n.; mixture of characters.