An extraordinary palaeontinid from the Triassic of Korea and its significance

Kye Soo Nam; Ying Wang; Dong Ren; Jong Heon Kim; Jacek Szwedo

doi:10.1038/srep40691

An extraordinary palaeontinid from the Triassic of Korea and its significance

Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 18:7:40691. doi: 10.1038/srep40691.

Authors

Kye Soo Nam¹, Ying Wang², Dong Ren³, Jong Heon Kim⁴, Jacek Szwedo⁵

Affiliations

¹ Daejeon Science High School for the Gifted, Daejeon 34142, Republic of Korea.
² Beijing Museum of Natural History, 126 Tianqiao South St, Beijing, 100050, PR China.
³ Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, PR China.
⁴ Department of Earth Science Education, Kongju National University, 56 Gongjudaehak-ro Gongju-si 32588, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, 59, Wita Stwosza Street, PL80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.

Abstract

A new, extraordinary palaeontinid Hallakkungis amisanus Nam, Wang &Szwedo, gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Triassic of the Amisan Formation in Boryeong City, Korea is described. It is the first Palaeontinidae from Korea. The newly described taxon displays a mosaic of characters present in presumed ancestors of this insect family and some highly advanced features.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Fossils*
Insecta*
Republic of Korea
Wings, Animal*