Aestuacrida, Schall & Lima & Heads & Pinheiro & Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7EFB862D-37C6-4794-86A4-9B643087846C |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88942-FFF0-FFDF-64E9-FD3D1FF2A6C6 |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Aestuacrida |
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gen. nov. |
Genus Aestuacrida new genus urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
Type species: Aestuacrida stereofemoris sp. nov. by monotypy and present designation. Gender feminine.
Etymology: The genus name is a combination of the Latin aestuarium (lagoon) and the suffix - acrida. It refers to the hypothesized habitat of the Crato Formation in which the genus is thought to have lived.
Diagnosis: The new genus is characterized by having two branches of M as well as four branches of CuA + CuPaα in the forewing.
Remarks: The new genus can be attributed to Locustopsidae by its separated RP, M, and CuA + CuPaα, as well as a long ScP and singular RA. Its main diagnostic character—the presence of four branches of CuA + CuPaα— highlights the great diversity of this family in the Crato Formation, as the trait is unique to this genus and locality.
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