New griffenfly, Bohemiatupus elegans from the Late Carboniferous of western Bohemia in the Czech Republic (Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae)
2010
Abstract
A new griffenfly, Bohemiatupus elegans n. gen., n. sp. (Meganeuridae) is described from the Upper Carboniferous (Bolsovian) deposits of the vein near Radnice in western Bohemia (Czech Republic). The new taxon based on fore- and hindwing venation is compared with the other meganeurid genera.
It is the first record of a large griffenfly from the continental basins of the Bohemian Massif supplementing the other giant insects such as Bojophlebia prokopi Kukalova-Peck 1985 or Carbotriplura kukalovae Kluge 1996 from the same strata.