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Issue: Vol. 7 No. 4: August 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-30
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.4.8
Page range: 491-498
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A new genus of beaded lacewings (Neuroptera: Berothidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Myanmar Cretaceous amber new genus Berothidae Neuroptera

Abstract

A new genus with a new species Anaberotha hui gen. et sp. nov. is described from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Anaberotha gen. nov. has distinctive features of venation, which is closely related to other genera in the subfamily Cyrenoberothinae, such as Aggregataberotha Wang et al., 2023, Protoberotha Huang et al., 2019, Sibelliberotha Azar & Nel, 2013 and Speleoberotha Machado et al., 2022. Accordingly, Anaberotha gen. nov. may represent a unique evolutionary path of Cyrenoberothinae in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar.

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