New genus and species of sisyrids (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Late Cretaceous Myanmar amber.

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State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, Ecology and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.

Published: February 2018

A new genus and species of Sisyridae, , is described from the Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian/late Albian) Myanmar amber. It can be easily distinguished from other sisyrids genera by the configuration of wing venation such as forewing with four ra-rp crossveins, M forked distal to the separation of RP1, CuA pectinate and CuP simple; hind wing 1r-m long and sinuous. Besides, the newly documented spongillaflies bore distinct, irregularly distributed spots on the forewings.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.739.22310DOI Listing

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