Balticonemoura bulbosus gen. et sp. nov., a new stonefly of Nemouridae (Insecta: Plecoptera) from Eocene Baltic amber

ABSTRACT

A new genus and species of stoneflies, Balticonemoura bulbosus gen. et sp. nov. (Plecoptera: Nemouridae: Nemourinae), are described and illustrated from the Eocene Baltic amber. Balticonemoura gen. nov. differs from other nemourids mainly by its unique epiproct and structure of cerci. Balticonemoura gen. nov. represents the first new extinct genus of Nemouridae in Baltic amber. Balticonemoura bulbosus sp. nov. is the seventh nemourid species known from the Baltic amber.

KEYWORDS:

• Plecoptera
• Nemouridae
• Balticonemoura
• Baltic amber

Acknowledgments

The author thanks the editor and reviewers for helpful comments. This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province under Grant [number BK20201009] and the Start-up Funding of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology under Grant [number 1182931901].

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Funding

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province under Grant [number BK20201009] and the Start-up Funding of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology under Grant [number 1182931901].