A new genus and species of berothids (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Late Cretaceous Myanmar amber

By

Yang, Qiang
Shi, Chaofan
Ren, Dong, 1963-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

864

Pages

99-109

Subjects

Beaded lacewing , Burmese , fossil , long scape , Mesozoic

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.864.35271

 

Abstract

A new genus and species of Berothidae is described from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Myanmar amber.Ansoberothajiewenaegen. et sp. nov.can be easily distinguished from other berothid genera by the long antenna, the scape with ca. 100 flagellomeres, the forewing with four ra-rp, MPand CuA are pectinately branched, and the hind wing with one oblique cua-cup between CuA stem and the distal branch of CuP.