A remarkable new genus of Cretaceous dustywings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in amber from northern Myanmar

Xingyue Liu, Xiumei Lu

Zoological Systematics ›› 2017, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (3) : 380-389.

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Zoological Systematics ›› 2017, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (3) : 380-389. DOI: 10.11865/zs.201716
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A remarkable new genus of Cretaceous dustywings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in amber from northern Myanmar

  • Xingyue Liu, Xiumei Lu
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A new dustywing genus and species, namely Cretaconiopteryx grandis gen. & sp. nov., from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar is herein described in the lacewing family Coniopterygidae. The new genus is distinguished from all other dustywing species by the combination of following morphological features: relatively large body-size, comparatively rich crossvenation, origin of RP+MA near wing base in both fore- and hindwing, forewing RA and RP terminally fused into a loop, and proximally zig-zagged forewing CuP. A new subfamily, Cretaconiopteryginae subfam. nov., is erected based on this spectacular new genus. The new subfamily might represent the basalmost lineage of known coniopterygids.

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Xingyue Liu, Xiumei Lu. A remarkable new genus of Cretaceous dustywings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in amber from northern Myanmar[J]. Zoological Systematics. 2017, 42(3): 380-389 https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201716

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31672322, 31322501)
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