A new genus of alderflies (Megaloptera: Sialidae) in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. (September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huang, Diying; Azar, Dany; Engel, Michael S.; Cai, Chenyang; Garrouste, Romain; Nel, André
• Is Part Of: Cretaceous research. Volume 64(2016)
• Page Start: 7
• Page End: 11
• Publication Date: 2016-09
• Subjects: Megaloptera -- Phylogeny -- Myanmar -- Cretaceous -- Cenomanian -- Taxonomy; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cretaceous -- Periodicals; 551.77
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.03.012
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0195-6671

Abstract

Abstract: A new genus and species of Mesozoic alderfly is described as Haplosialodes liui gen. et sp. nov., and from an adult male preserved in Cretaceous Burmese amber. The new genus is closely related to the genera Haplosialis Navás (Recent fauna of Madagascar), Indosialis Lestage (Recent fauna of Southeast Asia), and Eosialis Nel et al. (Eocene of France), suggesting a possible Early Cretaceous age for the clade that comprises these groups.