A remarkable new genus of basal snakeflies (Insecta: Raphidioptera: Priscaenigmatomorpha) from the Early Cretaceous of China |
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| Institution: | 1. National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea;2. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan;3. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of CT, USA |
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| Abstract: | Chrysoraphidia relicta gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of the Yixian Formation, Liaoning Province, China. Its venation is characterized by a mixture of character states that occur mainly in the Neuroptera and Raphidioptera. The assignment of Chrysoraphidia gen. nov. to Raphidioptera is supported by the presence of its distinct pterostigma and the configuration of the wing vein ‘subcosta anterior’. It is interpreted as the first record of a group of basal snakeflies (Priscaenigmatomorpha) from the Cretaceous of Asia, hitherto known only from the Early Jurassic of Europe. |
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| Keywords: | Raphidioptera Priscaenigmatomorpha New genus Yixian Formation |
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