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Issue: Vol. 2523 No. 1: 30 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2523.1.3
Page range: 50–56
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A new fossil genus of Mesochrysopidae (Neuroptera) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China

College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia
College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
Neuroptera Mesochrysopidae Yixian Formation Mesozoic China

Abstract

Longicellochrysa yixiana gen. et sp. nov. (Neuroptera: Mesochrysopidae) is described from the Mesozoic Yixian Formation (China). Allopteridae and Tachinymphidae of Nel et al. (2005) are considered subfamilies of Mesochrysopidae, along with Mesochrysopinae. Longicellochrysa gen. nov. displays a mixture of character states of Mesochrysopinae and Allopterinae and can not be assigned to any subfamily, indirectly supporting a family status of Mesochrysopidae sensu lato.

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