Original Paper

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

  • Xingyue Liu ,
  • Xiumei Lu
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  • Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

Online published: 2017-07-24

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

Abstract

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.

Cite this article

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 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201716

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