Two new species of Sinosmylites Hong (Neuroptera, Berothidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China, with notes on Mesoberothidae

By

Makarkin, Vladimir
Yang, Qiang
Ren, Dong, 1963-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

130

Pages

199-215

Subjects

Neuroptera, Berothidae, Mesoberothidae, Daohugou,

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.130.1418

 

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Sinosmylites Hong are described from the Middle Jurassic locality at Daohugou (Inner Mongolia, China): S. fumosus sp. n. and S. rasnitsyni sp. n. This is the oldest known occurrence of the family Berothidae. The berothid affinity of this genus is confirmed by examination of the hind wing venation characteristic of the family. The Late Triassic family Mesoberothidae may represent an early group of Berothidae.