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A new babinskaiid lacewing (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

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Pages 215-221 | Accepted 01 Apr 2022, Published online: 18 May 2022
 

Summary

Electrobabinskaia neli n. sp., a new species of the lacewing family Babinskaiidae, is described and illustrated from an individual preserved in mid-Cretaceous amber from Tanai, northern Myanmar. Electrobabinskaia neli n. sp. preserves nearly all of the known characters used to circumscribe the family and genus, and is unique among the genus Electrobabinskaia for possessing a forewing venation well-developed, i.e. RP densely branched with six branches, all of them with a marginal fork; CuA branched on distal half, with seven posterior branches, all with a marginal fork; hind wing with MP1 pectinately branched into four branches, MP2 with 11 branches, most of them forked.

Résumé

Un nouveau Babinskaiidae (Neuroptera : Myrmeleontoidea) de l’ambre du Crétacé moyen du Myanmar. Electrobabinskaia neli n. sp., une nouvelle espèce de la famille de Névroptères Babinskaiidae, est décrite et illustrée à partir d’un individu préservé dans l’ambre du Crétacé moyen de Tanai, Myanmar du nord. Electrobabinskaia neli n. sp. possède quasiment tous les caractères utilisés pour circonscrire la famille et le genre, mais est unique au sein du genre Electrobabinskaia car possédant une nervation de l’aile antérieure bien développée, c'est-à-dire une RP avec six branches, toutes avec une fourche marginale ; CuA branchée dans sa moitié distale, avec sept branches postérieures, toutes avec une fourche marginale; l’aile postérieure avec MP1 pectinée avec quatre branches, MP2 avec 11 branches, la plupart fourchues.

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Acknowledgements

I am grateful to Prof. André Nel (ISYEB, MNHN) for his longstanding mentorship, and to Dr Frédéric Legendre (ISYEB, MNHN) for his thoughtful comments on the first version of this manuscript. I thank the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on this manuscript. This work is part of my PhD project.

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