A new gigantic lacewing species (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil confirms the occurrence of Kalligrammatidae in the Americas

Bechly, G., Makarkin, V.N.

В журнале Cretaceous Research

Год: 2016 Том: 58 Страницы: 135-140

Makarkinia kemeri sp. nov. is described from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil, based on an incomplete but very well-preserved hind wing (Neuroptera: Kalligrammatidae). The previously presumed attribution of the genus is confirmed, based on the diagnostic characters of its wing venation (e.g., dense crossvenation; the anteriorly directed branches of MP) and the presence of a distinct eye-spot on the wing. Makarkinia is the only American representative and youngest known genus of Kalligrammatidae. With an estimated wing length of 100-160 mm, it has the largest wings amongst all fossil and extant Neuroptera.

DOI 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.014

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