Republicopteron, Archibald & Gu & Mathewes, 2022

Archibald, S. Bruce, Gu, Jun-Jie & Mathewes, Rolf W., 2022, The Palaeorehniidae (Orthoptera, Ensifera, “ Zeuneropterinae ”), and new taxa from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America, Zootaxa 5100 (4), pp. 559-572 : 568

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.4.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AA6568D3-FEC8-426E-8A47-9A309EC16862
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6314914
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BB87A5-FFA8-FF82-6686-FF60FC846CFE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Republicopteron
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Republicopteron new genus

( Figs. 5–7 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 View FIGURE 7 )

Type and only species. Republicopteron douseae .

Diagnosis. Tegmen of Republicopteron most easily separated from those of other Palaeorehniidae as in Table 1 View TABLE 1 .

Description. As in species description.

Etymology. The genus name is a toponym referring to the town of Republic, Washington, and – opteron, from the Greek -pteron ( πτερόν), meaning wing. Gender, neuter.

Distribution and age. As for its only species, below.