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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 12:29, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Wesmaelius mathewesi

 * ... that, when described, the brown lacewing species Wesmaelius mathewesi was the most ancient member of its subfamily?
 * Reviewed: Cinara confinis

Created by Kevmin (talk). Self nominated at 03:30, 16 February 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Fancy meeting a fellow paleo guy here! ;) Anyway, I guess I'll be your reviewer today, Kev. Newness: Good. Length: Good. Policy: Probably good, but I do have some questions of fact. Is the word "cubiatla" a typo? I can't find it in the paper. Also, can you point me to the location of the contents of your description in the original paper? I'm having trouble finding it, probably because of by own unfamiliarity with the terminology used in there; I have background in entomology. Also, how can this taxon be Eocene to recent if it is only known from one fossil? I think you should keep it at just Eocene because the article is about W. matthewesi specifically instead of Wesmaelius overall. Hook: Good. QPQ:Good. Abyssal (talk) 19:32, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Fixed the temporal range, now listed as Ypresian per the 51.5 myo dating in the paper, the descriptive section for the wing is page #641, Terminology is from the Comstock–Needham system-- Kev  min  § 00:40, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg All clear! Abyssal (talk) 15:00, 12 March 2015 (UTC)