A new fossil silky lacewing genus (Neuroptera, Psychopsidae) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China

By

Peng, Yuanyuan
Makarkin, Vladimir
Wang, Xiaodong
Ren, Dong, 1963-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

130

Pages

217-228

Subjects

Psychopsidae, Osmylopsychopidae, fossil, Mesozoic,

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.130.1576

 

Abstract

A new genus and species, Undulopsychopsis alexi gen. et sp. n., is described from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning Province, China. This genus is probably most closely related to the Asian Cretaceous genus Kagapsychops Fujiyama, 1978. The family affinity of Undulopsychopsis gen. n. is discussed. The genus is preliminarily assigned to Psychopsidae, although it shares some character states with Osmylopsychopidae (e.g., crossveins are very scarce; Rs1 and 1A are multi-branched).