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Issue: Vol. 5785 No. 3: 31 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5785.3.11
Page range: 587-595
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A new remarkable genus and species of Mantispidae (Neuroptera) from the earliest Eocene of Denmark

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok; 960022; Russia.
Natural History Museum of Denmark; Universitetsparken 15; Copenhagen; Denmark.
Neuroptera Mantispidae drepanicinae Calomantispinae earliest Eocene Fur Formation

Abstract

Heiemantispa storozhenkoi gen. et sp. nov. (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) is described from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark. The genus is distinguished from others of the family by a combination of forewing character states: a simple CuP (unique in Drepanicinae, if it belongs to that subfamily) and a basally unfused M and R. The venation of Heiemantispa gen. nov. is most similar to that of Protheristria Makarkin et al., 2025, also from the Fur Formation. Both genera are known only from incomplete wings of their type species, the venation of which does not allow them to be confidently assigned to either the subfamily Drepanicinae or Calomantispinae.

 

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Makarkin, V.N. & Perkovsky, E.E. (2026) A new remarkable genus and species of Mantispidae (Neuroptera) from the earliest Eocene of Denmark. Zootaxa, 5785 (3), 587–595. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5785.3.11