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Issue: Vol. 7 No. 3: June 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-06-29
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.3.12
Page range: 422-434
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Two interesting new genera of kalligrammatids (Insecta: Neuroptera) from Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber

School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Conservation and Application in Biodiversity of South China, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Conservation and Application in Biodiversity of South China, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Conservation and Application in Biodiversity of South China, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
College of Life Sciences and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Conservation and Application in Biodiversity of South China, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Insecta Neuroptera Mesozoic Myanmar Kalligrammatidae new species fossil

Abstract

Two new genera and two new species of kalligrammatids, Electrogramma transformatum gen. et sp. nov. and Lasiogramma ooideum gen. et sp. nov., are described from the Late Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Electrogramma gen. nov. differs from other genera by its relatively large wing size; with a set of interlinked veinlets between costal crossveins, multiple rows of cells in base of CuP and AA; CuA distal forked while CuP pectinately branched near wing base in hind wing. And Lasiogramma gen. nov. is distinguished from other genera by its forewing RP1‒RP3 originating independently from R; costal crossveins absent; RP1 simple; nygma and eye-spot absent. A list of named kalligrammatids is also provided.

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