2022•ZootaxaOpen access

A new important species of Nymphidae (Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil

Владимир Николаевич Макаркин

Abstract

Olindanymphes? headsi sp. nov. (Neuroptera: Nymphidae) is described from the late Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) Crato Formation of Brazil. Its hindwing is unique in the family by the presence of the few-pectinate both CuA and CuP, each with two to three branches. The few-pectinate CuA in the hindwing is a derived condition known only in three Early Cretaceous species, including the new species.

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Key concepts: Neuroptera, Cretaceous, Biology, Aptian, Paleontology, Zoology, Ecology, Predation