Danowhetaksa gen. nov. with two species from the early Eocene Olst Formation from Denmark, the first Palearctic Whetwhetaksidae (Odonata: Cephalozygoptera)

We propose Danowhetaksa n. gen. (Odonata: Whetwhetaksidae) with two new species: D. birgitteae n. gen. et sp. and D. rusti n. gen. et sp. from the earliest Ypresian Stolleklint clay of the 0lst Formation in northwestern Denmark. Whetwhetaksidae has previously been known only from the Ypresian Okanagan Highlands of far-western North America, the new records are, therefore, the first from the Palearctic Region.

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We propose a new genus Danowhetaksa (Odonata: Whetwhetaksidae) and discovered two new species, D. birgitteae and D. rusti, from the Olst Formation in northwestern Denmark. Whetwhetaksidae has previously been found only in the Ypresian Okanagan Highlands of far-western North America, making these new records the first in the Palearctic Region.