A new genus and species of thorny lacewing from Upper Cretaceous Kuji amber, northeastern Japan (Neuroptera, Rhachiberothidae)

By

Nakamine, Hiroshi
Yamamoto, Shuhei

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

802

Pages

109-120

Subjects

fossil , Japan , Mantispoidea , Paraberothinae , Rhachiberothidae , Santonian

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.802.28754

 

Abstract

Kujiberothateruyukiigen. et sp. n., a remarkable new genus and species of Rhachiberothidae, is described from Upper Cretaceous amber from the Kuji area in northeastern Japan. This discovery represents the first record of this family both from Japan and from East Asia. This fossil taxon has the largest foreleg in the subfamily Paraberothinae found to date and its discovery implies that this group had higher morphological diversity in the Cretaceous than it does now. This finding also stresses the importance of the insect inclusions in Kuji amber, which have not been well explored in spite of their potential abundance.