New genera and species of the minute snakeflies (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae: Nanoraphidiini) from the mid Cretaceous of Myanmar
| Autor: | Weiwei Zhang, Xiumei Lu, Xingyue Liu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
010506 paleontology biology Mesoraphidiidae Zoology Body size biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Cretaceous Neuropterida Phylogenetics Nanoraphidia Animal Science and Zoology Taxonomy (biology) Mesozoic Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Zootaxa. 4103:301 |
| ISSN: | 1175-5334 1175-5326 |
| DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.4.1 |
| Popis: | The Mesozoic amber snakeflies are important for understanding the early evolution and phylogeny of Raphidioptera. Here we describe three new genera and four new species of the extinct family Mesoraphidiidae from the mid Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar, including Dolichoraphidia aspoecki gen. et sp. nov., Dolichoraphidia engeli gen. et sp. nov., Rhynchoraphidia burmana gen. et sp. nov., and Burmoraphidia reni gen. et sp. nov. All these species, together with the previously described species (i.e., Nanoraphidia electroburmica Engel, 2002) from Burmese amber, belong to the mesoraphidiid tribe Nanoraphidiini based on the minute body-size and the swollen tibiae. A key to all species of Nanoraphidiini is provided. A brief discussion on the genital morphology of Mesoraphidiidae is also given. |
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