Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 5501 No. 1: 29 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5501.1.7
Page range: 160-170
Abstract views: 101
PDF downloaded: 6

First brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from the early Eocene Green River Formation

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok; 960022; Russia
Neuroptera Hemerobiidae Carobiinae Eocene Green River Formation

Abstract

Pseudonotherobius kohlsi gen. et sp. nov. and Megalomus? coloradensis sp. nov. (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) are described from the early Eocene of the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation, Colorado, U.S.A. The main diagnostic character states of Pseudonotherobius gen. nov. are the presence of a crossvein between the proximal branch of RP and RA in the forewing, and the costal space being dilated medially in the hind wing. The latter condition is unique in the family. The genus is preliminarily assigned to the subfamily Carobiinae due to the similarity of its venation to that of the extant Australian genus Notherobius New, 1988.

 

References

  1. Banks, N. (1904) A list of neuropteroid insects, exclusive of Odonata, from the vicinity of Washington, D.C. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 6, 201–217.
  2. Banks, N. (1909) Hemerobiidae from Queensland, Australia [Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae.] Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 11, 76–81.
  3. Breitkreuz, L.C.V., Winterton, S.L. & Engel, M.S. (2017) Wing tracheation in Chrysopidae and other Neuropterida (Insecta): A resolution of the confusion about vein fusion. American Museum Novitates, 3890, 1–44. https://doi.org/10.1206/3890.1
  4. Dayvault, R.D., Codington, L.A., Kohls, D., Hawes, W.D. & Ott, P.M. (1995) Fossil insects and spiders from three locations in the Green River Formation of the Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado. In: Averett, W.R. (Ed.), The Green River Formation in Piceance Creek and Eastern Uinta Basins. Grand Junction Geological Society, Grand Junction, Colorado, pp. 97–115.
  5. Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D. (2007) The Neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida: Megaloptera, Neuroptera). American Museum Novitates, 3587, 1–58. https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3587[1:TNFODA]2.0.CO;2
  6. Garzón-Orduña, I.J., Menchaca-Armenta, I., Contreras-Ramos, A., Liu, X.Y. & Winterton, S.L. (2016) The phylogeny of brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) reveals multiple reductions in wing venation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16, 192. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0746-5
  7. Henriksen, K.L. (1922) Eocene insects from Denmark. Danmarks Geologiske Undersogelse, 2 (37), 1–36. https://doi.org/10.34194/raekke2.v37.6823
  8. Jarzembowski, E.A. (1980) Fossil insects from the Bembridge Marls, Palaeogene of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology, 33, 237–293.
  9. Jepson, J.E., Makarkin, V.N. & Coram, R.A. (2012) Lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group of southern England. Cretaceous Research, 34, 31–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.001
  10. Jepson, J.E., Penney, D. & Green, D.I. (2010) A new species of brown lacewing (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa, 2692 (1), 61–68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2692.1.4
  11. Klimaszewski, J. & Kevan, D.K. McE. (1986) A new lacewing-fly (Neuroptera: Planipennia) from Canadian Cretaceous Amber, with an analysis of its fore wing characters. Entomological News, 97 (3), 124–132.
  12. Krüger, L. (1922) Hemerobiidae. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Neuropteren-Familie der Hemerobiiden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 83, 138–172.
  13. Krüger, L. (1923) Neuroptera succinica baltica. Die im baltischen Bernstein eingeschlossenen Neuroptera des Westpreussischen Provinzial-Museums (heute Museum für Naturkunde und Vorgeschichte) in Danzig. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 84, 68–92.
  14. Leach, W.E. (1815) Entomology. In: Brewster, D. (Ed.), Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Vol. 9. Part 1. William Blackwood, Edinburgh, pp. 57–172.
  15. Li, S.M., Ren, D., Yang, Q. & Shi, C.F. (2023) A new brown lacewing (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Palaeoentomology, 6 (5), 533–541. https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.5.12
  16. Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Vol. 1. 10th Edition. Salvii, Holmiae, 824 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542
  17. Liu, X.Y., Chen, Z.L. & Zhuo, D. (2022) Cretoneuronema gen. nov. (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae), a new brown lacewing genus from the mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Palaeoentomology, 5 (3), 226–232. https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.3.4
  18. Makarkin, V.N. (1991) Miocene lacewings (Neuroptera) from the northern Caucasus and Sikhote-Alin. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 1991 (1), 57–68. [in Russian; English translation: Paleontological Journal, 25, 55–65 (1992)]
  19. Makarkin, V.N. (1994) Upper Cretaceous Neuroptera from Russia and Kazakhstan. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 30, 283–292. https://doi.org/10.1080/21686351.1994.12277708
  20. Makarkin, V.N. (2017a) An interesting new genus of Berothinae (Neuroptera: Berothidae) from the early Eocene Green River Formation, Colorado. Zootaxa, 4226 (4), 594–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4226.4.9
  21. Makarkin, V.N. (2017b) Oldest new genus of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) from the Eocene Green River Formation, Colorado. Zootaxa, 4337 (4), 540–552. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.4.5
  22. Makarkin, V.N. (2019) The first mantidfly (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the early Eocene Green River Formation. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 60 (2), 111–119. https://doi.org/10.3374/014.060.0202
  23. Makarkin, V.N. (2023) Fossil Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from the Eocene Tadushi Formation, the Russian Far East, with description a new genus. Zootaxa, 5297 (1), 115–123. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5297.1.6
  24. Makarkin, V.N., Archibald, S.B. & Mathewes, R.W. (2021) New Protosmylinae (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) from the early Eocene of western North America, with taxonomic remarks. Zootaxa, 4980 (1), 142–156. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.9
  25. Makarkin, V.N., Archibald, S.B. & Oswald, J.D. (2003) New Early Eocene brown lacewings from western North America (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). Canadian Entomologist, 135, 637–653. https://doi.org/10.4039/n02-122
  26. Makarkin, V.N. & Gröhn, C. (2020) The first unusual Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research, 106, 104206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104206
  27. Makarkin, V.N. & Perkovsky, E.E. (2020) A new species of Proneuronema (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) from the late Eocene Rovno amber. Zootaxa, 4718 (2), 292–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4718.2.11
  28. Makarkin, V.N., Perkovsky, E.E. & Gröhn, C. (2019) Neotype designation and re-description of Prolachlanius resinatus (Hagen) (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) from Baltic amber, with the first record of the species from Rovno amber. Zootaxa, 4688 (1), 57–70. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4688.1.2
  29. Makarkin, V.N. & Wedmann, S. (2009) First record of the genus Sympherobius (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa, 2078 (1), 55–62. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2078.1.3
  30. Makarkin, V.N., Wedmann, S. & Weiterschan, T. (2016) A new genus of Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber, with a critical review of the Cenozoic Megalomus-like taxa and remarks on the wing venation variability of the family. Zootaxa, 4179 (3), 345–370. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4179.3.2
  31. Nakamine, H., Yamamoto, S. & Takahashi, Y. (2022) Archaeomegalomus gen. nov.: A remarkable new brown lacewing from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber from northern Myanmar (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). Zootaxa, 5178 (4), 380–390. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.4.4
  32. Navás, L. (1929) [Insecta orientalia.] VII Series. Memorie dell’Accademia Pontifica dei Nuovi Lincei, Rome, Series 2, 12, 43–56.
  33. Nel, A. & Jarzembowski, E.A. (2019) New lacewings from the Insect Bed (late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae, Chrysopidae, Hemerobiidae). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 110, 397–403. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691018000476
  34. New, T.R. (1988) A revision of the Australian Hemerobiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 2, 339–411. https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9880339
  35. Oswald, J.D. (1993) Revision and cladistic analysis of the world genera of the family Hemerobiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 101, 143–299.
  36. Oswald, J.D. (2000) The brown lacewing genus Notiobiella (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from Dominican amber. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 107 (for 1999), 297–303.
  37. Oswald, J.D. & Machado, R.J.P. (2018) Biodiversity of the Neuropterida (Insecta: Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera). In: Foottit, R.G. & Adler, P.H. (Eds.), Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Vol. 2. John Willey & Sons Ltd, Oxford, pp. 627–671. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118945582.ch21
  38. Panfilov, D.V. (1980) New representatives of lacewings (Neuroptera) from the Jurassic of Karatau. In: Dolin, V.G., Panfilov, D.V., Ponomarenko, A.G. & Pritykina, L.N. Fossil insects of the Mesozoic. Naukova Dumka, Kiev, pp. 82–111. [in Russian]
  39. Perkovsky, E.E. & Makarkin, V.N. (2020) A new species of Sympherobius Banks (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from the late Eocene Rovno amber. Palaeoentomology, 3 (2), 196–203. https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.2.9
  40. Pictet-Baraban, F.J. & Hagen, H.A. (1856) Die im Bernstein befindlichen Neuropteren der Vorwelt. In: Die im Bernstein befindlichen organischen Reste der Vorwelt gesammelt, in verbindung mit mehreren bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Dr. Georg Carl Berendt. Band 2, Abteilung 2. Nicholaischen Buchhandlung, Berlin, pp. 41–125.
  41. Poinar, G.O. Jr. (1992) Life in amber. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 350 pp., 8 pls. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503623545
  42. Poinar, G.O. Jr. & Poinar, R. (1999) The amber forest: a reconstruction of a vanished world. Princeton University Press, Princeton, xviii + 239 pp.
  43. Ponomarenko, A.G. (1992) New lacewings (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Mesozoic of Mongolia. In: Grunt, T.A. (Ed.), New taxa of fossil invertebrates of Mongolia. Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition. Vol. 41. Nauka Press, Moscow, pp. 101–111. [in Russian]
  44. Rambur, J.P. (1842) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, Névroptères. Fain et Thunot, Paris, (xviii) + 534 pp.
  45. Scheven, J. (2004) Bernstein-Einschlüsse: Eine untergegangene Welt bezeugt die Schöpfung. Erinnerungen an die Welt vor der Sintflut. Kuratorium Lebendige Vorwelt, Hofheim a.T., 160 pp.
  46. Scudder, S.H. (1878) Additions to the insect-fauna of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1876–1877, 1878, 457–464.
  47. Scudder, S.H. (1890) The Tertiary insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, 13, 1–734, 28 pls. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2507
  48. Smith, M.E., Carroll, A. & Singer, B. (2008) Synoptic reconstruction of a major ancient lake system: Eocene Green River Formation, western United States. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 120, 54–84. https://doi.org/10.1130/B26073.1
  49. Smith, M.E., Singer, B. & Carroll, A. (2003) 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Green River Formation, Wyoming. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 115 (5), 549–565. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0549:AGOTEG>2.0.CO;2
  50. Yang, Q., Shi, C.F., Li, X.C., Pang, H. & Ren, D. (2018) The first fossil brown lacewing (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from the Miocene of the Tibetan Plateau. ZooKeys, 726, 145–154. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.726.21086
  51. Young, R.G. (1995) Stratigraphy of Green River Formation in Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado. In: Averett, W.R. (Ed.), The Green River Formation in Piceance Creek and Eastern Uinta Basins. Grand Junction Geological Society, Grand Junction, Colorado, pp. 1–13.