Abstract
Two new genera and species from the family Xylomyidae: Pankowskia primera, gen. et sp. nov., Cretarthropeina perdita gen. et sp. nov., and one genus and species incertae sedis, closely related to the family Apsilocephalidae: Kuhwahldyia indefinita gen. et sp. nov. are described from mid-Cretaceous Hukawng Valley Burmese amber. A male Xylomyidae is described for the first time from this amber. The systematic position of each new taxon is discussed.
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