A remarkable new genus of Nevrorthidae (Neuroptera, Osmyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar

By

Nakamine, Hiroshi
Yamamoto, Shuhei
Takahashi, Yui
Liu, Xingyue

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift

Volume

70

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

113--120

Subjects

aquatic Neuroptera , Kachin amber , new genus , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Berlin Nicolai'sche Verlags-Buchandlung 1881-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.70.98873

 

Abstract

A remarkable new genus and species of Nevrorthidae, Sisyroneurorthus aspoeckorum gen. et sp. nov., is described from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar. This new species is the second Mesozoic representative of Nevrorthidae. The distal fusion of ScP and RA in the forewing of this new genus is shared by most Sisyridae. Given the probable sister-group relationship between Nevrorthidae and Sisyridae, our study sheds light on the evolution and morphological diversity of Nevrorthidae in the Mesozoic era.