A new genus of paradoxosisyrine lacewings from mid-Cretaceous Hkamti amber (Neuroptera: Sisyridae)
Abstract
The first siphonate Neuroptera are discovered from the Hkamti (Sagaing) mines of mid-Cretaceous amber in northern Myanmar. Two adults of Sisyridae (spongilla-flies or spongilla lacewings) were located in a single piece and belong to a new paradoxosisyrine genus near to Sidorchukatia Khramov. The new genus differs from the latter in wing venation, antennal structure, and other details of setation. Cherasisyra elegans gen. et sp. nov. is described and figured and general comments are made regarding the potential biology of Paradoxosisyrinae.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Fossil Insects in Amber
Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Palaeoentomology
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 70–75
- Publication date
- 24 February 2026
- Language
- EN