New genus and species of sisyrids (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Late Cretaceous Myanmar amber

By

Yang, Qiang
Shi, Chaofan
Ren, Dong, 1963-
Wang, Yongjie
Pang, Hong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

739

Pages

151-158

Subjects

Burmese , color spots , fossil , Mesozoic , spongillaflies

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.739.22310

 

Abstract

A new genus and species of Sisyridae, Stictosisyrapennyi gen. et sp. n., is described from the Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian/late Albian) Myanmar amber. It can be easily distinguished from other sisyrids genera by the configuration of wing venation such as forewing with four ra-rp crossveins, M forked distal to the separation of RP1, CuA pectinate and CuP simple; hind wing 1r-m long and sinuous. Besides, the newly documented spongillaflies bore distinct, irregularly distributed spots on the forewings.