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Halteriomantispa grimaldii gen. et sp. nov.: A new genus and species of the family Dipteromantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar |
Xingyue Liu1, Xiumei Lu1, Weiwei Zhang2 |
1Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
2Three Gorges Entomological Museum, P.O. Box 4680, Chongqing 400015, China
*Corresponding author, Email: xingyue_liu@yahoo.com |
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Abstract The family Dipteromantispidae, previously with only two genera and three species, is one of the enigmatic groups of the Cretaceous Neuroptera by the mantispid-like appearance combined with strongly reduced hind wings specialized into a haltere-like structure. A new genus and species of Dipteromantispidae, namely Halteriomantispa grimaldii gen. et sp. nov., is herein described based on an exquisitely preserved specimen from the mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. It represents the first record of Dipteromantispidae from the amber deposit of mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) of Myanmar. A brief discussion on the homology of forewing venations and female genital sclerites of Dipteromantispidae is given.
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Fund:This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31322501, 41271063). |
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