Phylogeny of split‐footed lacewings (Neuroptera,Nymphidae), with descriptions of new Cretaceous fossil species from China |
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| Authors: | Chaofan Shi Shaun L. Winterton Dong Ren |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Earth Science and Geological Engineering, Sun Yat‐sen University, Guangzhou, China;2. College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing, China;3. California State Arthropod Collection, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA, USA |
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| Abstract: | A phylogeny of the lacewing family Nymphidae based on morphology and DNA sequences is presented including representatives of all living genera and selected fossil genera. Widely distributed Jurassic and Cretaceous genera gave rise to recent taxa now restricted to Australasia. Two previously defined clades (i.e. Nymphinae and Myiodactylinae) were recovered and reflect the diverging adult and larval morphology of members of these two subfamilies. From Chinese Cretaceous deposits, a new genus (Spilonymphes gen. nov.) is described with one new species, as well as new species described in the genera Baissoleon Makarkin and Sialium Westwood. |
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