A new species of Lasiosmylus from the Early Cretaceous, China clarifies its genus-group placement in Ithonidae (Neuroptera)

By

Zheng, Bingyu
Ren, Dong, 1963-
Wang, Yongjie

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

636

Pages

41-50

Subjects

fossil , Huangbanjigou , ithonid genus-group , taxonomy , Yixian Formation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.636.10103

 

Abstract

A new species, Lasiosmylus longus sp. n., is described from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Huangbanjigou Village, Liaoning Province, China. Based on the characters of the new species and nine new specimens of Lasiosmylus newi Ren & Guo, 1996, the generic diagnosis of Lasiosmylus is emended and the taxonomic position of Lasiosmylus Ren & Guo, 1996 is re-evaluated, and Lasiosmylus should be assigned to the ithonid genus-group.