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Mantis lacewings (  Neuroptera  :   Mantispidae  ) are prominent and charismatic predatory representatives of   Insecta  . Nevertheless, representatives of the group are surprisingly scarce in Paleogene deposits after a relative abundance of specimens known from Cretaceous. Here we present    Mantispa  ?damzenogedanica    sp. nov., representing the first adult of   Mantispidae   described from Baltic amber and the only Eocene adult mantispid hitherto preserved in amber. The new fossil species is also among the earliest representatives of   Mantispinae  , certainly the oldest adult of this group described from amber. Additionally, we discuss the changes through time in the ecological morphospace within   Mantispidae   based on the morphological diversity (≈disparity) of the raptorial legs. Possible explanations for the post-Cretaceous decline in the morphological diversity of mantis lacewings are posited.

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﻿The first adult mantis lacewing from Baltic amber, with an evaluation of the post-Cretaceous loss of morphological diversity of raptorial appendages in   Mantispidae

﻿The first adult mantis lacewing from Baltic amber, with an evaluation of the post-Cretaceous loss of morphological diversity of raptorial appendages in Mantispidae

The first adult mantis lacewing from Baltic amber, with an evaluation of the post-Cretaceous loss of morphological diversity of raptorial appendages in Mantispidae