The first fossil brown lacewing from the Miocene of the Tibetan Plateau (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)

By

Yang, Qiang
Shi, Chaofan
Li, Xiangchuan
Pang, Hong
Ren, Dong, 1963-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

726

Pages

145-154

Subjects

Cenozoic , China , Wesmaelius

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.726.21086

 

Abstract

A new species of Hemerobiidae, Wesmaelius makarkini Yang, Pang & Ren, sp. n. is described from the Lower Miocene, Garang Formation of Zeku County, Qinghai Province (northeastern Tibetan Plateau), China. The species is assigned to the widely distributed extant genus Wesmaelius Krüger (Hemerobiinae). The species represents the first named fossil of this family from China, which sheds light on the historical distribution of Wesmaelius and early divergences within Hemerobiinae.