Open AccessA new fossil silky lacewing genus (Neuroptera, Psychopsidae) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China
Author(s) -
Dong Ren,
Yuanyuan Peng,
Vladimir N. Makarkin,
Xiaodong Wang
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
zookeys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1313-2989
pISSN - 1313-2970
DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.130.1576
Subject(s) - yixian formation , cretaceous , neuroptera , genus , china , zoology , biology , character (mathematics) , paleontology , geography , mesozoic , archaeology , mathematics , geometry , predation , structural basin
A new genus and species, Undulopsychopsis alexigen. et sp. n., is described from the Early CretaceousYixian Formation of western Liaoning Province, China. This genus is probably most closely related to the Asian Cretaceous genus Kagapsychops Fujiyama, 1978. The family affinity of Undulopsychopsisgen. n. is discussed. The genus is preliminarily assigned to Psychopsidae, although it shares some character states with Osmylopsychopidae (e.g., crossveins are very scarce; Rs1 and 1A are multi-branched).
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