Discovery of the family Babinskaiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lu, Xiumei; Zhang, Weiwei; Liu, Xingyue
• Is Part Of: Cretaceous research. Volume 71(2017)
• Page Start: 14
• Page End: 23
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Subjects: Neuropterida -- Myrmeleontoidea -- Taxonomy -- Burmese amber -- Mesozoic; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cretaceous -- Periodicals; 551.77
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.10.012
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0195-6671

Abstract

Abstract: The lacewing family Babinskaiidae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea) is first reported in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Two new genera and three new species are herein described, namely Babinskaia martinsnetoi sp. nov., Burmobabinskaia tenuis gen. et sp. nov., and Electrobabinskaia burmana gen. et sp. nov. The male and female genitalia of Babinskaiidae are described for the first time, and the genital morphology is compared with that of some related families in Myrmeleontoidea, e.g., Nymphidae and Nemopteridae. A brief discussion on the phylogenetic status of Babinskaiidae is given.