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Vladimir N Makarkin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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New psychopsoid Neuroptera from the Early Cretaceous of Baissa, Transbaikalia
Annales De La Societe Entomologique De France, 2020Co-Authors: Vladimir N MakarkinAbstract:Abstract Two new genera and fi ve new species of the psychopsoid Neuroptera (one of which is unnamed) are described from the Early Cretaceous locality at Baissa, Transbaikalia, Russia: Epipsychopsis fusca n. gen., n. sp., E. variegata n. sp. (Psychopsidae), Pseudopsychopsis gradata n. gen., n. sp., P. baissensis n. sp. (Brongniartiellidae), and Sophogramma sp. (Kalligrammatidae).
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The first unusual Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
Cretaceous Research, 2020Co-Authors: Vladimir N Makarkin, Carsten GröhnAbstract:Abstract Hemeroberotha sinefurca gen. et sp. nov. (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) is described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. It is particularly remarkable for its very short 19-segmented antennae, the apically obtuse terminal segment of the maxillary palpus, the single RP in the forewing, all femora covered with very long thick setae, and elongated (mainly paired) setae on the ventro-distal margins of its tarsomeres. The genus Hemeroberotha probably represents a specialized side branch of basal hemerobiids.
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an interesting new genus of berothinae Neuroptera berothidae from the early eocene green river formation colorado
Zootaxa, 2017Co-Authors: Vladimir N MakarkinAbstract:Xenoberotha angustialata gen. et sp. nov. (Neuroptera: Berothidae) is described from the early Eocene of the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation (U.S.A., Colorado). It is assigned to Berothinae as an oldest known member of the subfamily based on the presence of scale-like setae on the foreleg coxae. Distal crossveins of the fourth (outer) gradate series which are located very close to the wing margin in Xenoberotha gen. nov. is a character state previously unknown in Berothinae.
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a new genus of the mantispid like paraberothinae Neuroptera berothidae from burmese amber with special consideration of its probasitarsus spine like setation
Zootaxa, 2015Co-Authors: Vladimir N MakarkinAbstract:Creagroparaberotha groehni gen. et sp. nov. (Neuroptera: Berothidae: Paraberothinae) is described from the earliest Cenomanian Burmese amber. The revised diagnosis of Paraberothinae is provided. The specialized probasitarsi in Paraberothinae, Rhachiberothinae (Berothidae) and Symphrasinae (Mantispidae) are considered as a homoiology (parallelism), i.e., convergent modifications of a homologous structure. The genus Berothone Khramov, 2015 is considered to belong to the subfamily Mesithoninae (Berothidae).
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two new species of kalligramma walther Neuroptera kalligrammatidae from the middle jurassic of china
Annals of The Entomological Society of America, 2014Co-Authors: Vladimir N Makarkin, Qiang YangAbstract:Two new fossil species of Kalligramma Walther (Neuroptera: Kalligrammatidae) are described from the Middle Jurassic locality at Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China: Kalligramma elegans n. sp. and Kalligramma albifasciatum n. sp. The subcosta anterior wing vein is found in both species. K. albifasciatum n. sp. is remarkable by its forewing color pattern in having the broad white transverse fascia through wing, hitherto unknown in the genus. Kalligramma turutanovae Martynova is transferred to Huiyingogramma Liu et al., n. sit. A new diagnosis of the genus Kalligramma is provided (amended from Panfilov 1968).
Dany Azar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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new lacewings insecta Neuroptera osmylidae nymphidae from the lower cretaceous burmese amber and crato formation in brazil
Cretaceous Research, 2016Co-Authors: Justine Myskowiak, Dany Azar, Diying Huang, Romain GarrousteAbstract:Abstract One new osmylid genus and species, Burmaleon magnificus, and one new nymphid genus and species Rafaelnymphes cratoensis are described, respectively based on inclusions in the Cretaceous Burmese amber and on a compression fossil from the Crato Formation in Brazil. The nymphid Araripenymphes seldeni, from the Crato Formation, is redescribed on the basis of a new specimen, showing possible sexual dimorphism in wing coloration, a feature extremely rare among the Neuroptera. In a recently published phylogenetic analysis of the family, the attribution to the fossil taxa (versus rejection) of the larval characters proper to the modern nymphids, has a crucial impact on the resolution of the phylogeny. The compression fossils currently attributed to the Nymphidae should be revised because their wing venation alone is not really sufficient for an accurate family attribution to Nymphidae rather than to another family of Neuroptera (viz. Osmylidae).
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the first mesozoic pleasing lacewing Neuroptera dilaridae
Cretaceous Research, 2015Co-Authors: Diying Huang, Dany Azar, Romain GarrousteAbstract:Cretanallachius magnificus gen. et sp. nov., first Mesozoic and earliest record of the Dilaridae (Neuroptera), is described from the Cretaceous Burmese amber. Its putative closest relative is the recent subfamily Nallachiinae known by the sole genus Nallachius.
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A new beaded lacewing from a new Lower Cretaceous amber outcrop in Lebanon (Neuroptera: Berothidae)
Insect Evolution in an Amberiferous and Stone Alphabet, 2013Co-Authors: Dany AzarAbstract:This chapter describes about Sibelliberotha rihanensis gen. et sp. n., a new berothid Neuroptera, from Rihan (South Lebanon), a new Lower Cretaceous amber outcrop. This new fossil taxon possesses several plesiomorphic features that place it very basally within the available phylogeny of modern Berothidae, but close to the modern clade: Nyrminae and Cyrenoberothinae. The chapter discusses the systematic palaeontology, phylogenetic position and phylogenetic relationships of the new berothid Neuroptera. The authors compare Sibelliberotha to the other fossil berothid genera and analyses the states of the characters for Sibelliberotha . If Sibelliberotha rihanensis gen. et sp. n. is in a basal position in the Berothidae nec Rhachiberotinae, it seems nevertheless to be related to recent genera, supporting a great antiquity of these insects. Its inclusion in the existing cladistic analysis based on recent taxa improved its resolution. Keywords:Berothidae; Lebanon; Neuroptera; Sibelliberotha rihanensis ; systematic palaeontology
Romain Garrouste - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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new lacewings insecta Neuroptera osmylidae nymphidae from the lower cretaceous burmese amber and crato formation in brazil
Cretaceous Research, 2016Co-Authors: Justine Myskowiak, Dany Azar, Diying Huang, Romain GarrousteAbstract:Abstract One new osmylid genus and species, Burmaleon magnificus, and one new nymphid genus and species Rafaelnymphes cratoensis are described, respectively based on inclusions in the Cretaceous Burmese amber and on a compression fossil from the Crato Formation in Brazil. The nymphid Araripenymphes seldeni, from the Crato Formation, is redescribed on the basis of a new specimen, showing possible sexual dimorphism in wing coloration, a feature extremely rare among the Neuroptera. In a recently published phylogenetic analysis of the family, the attribution to the fossil taxa (versus rejection) of the larval characters proper to the modern nymphids, has a crucial impact on the resolution of the phylogeny. The compression fossils currently attributed to the Nymphidae should be revised because their wing venation alone is not really sufficient for an accurate family attribution to Nymphidae rather than to another family of Neuroptera (viz. Osmylidae).
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the first mesozoic pleasing lacewing Neuroptera dilaridae
Cretaceous Research, 2015Co-Authors: Diying Huang, Dany Azar, Romain GarrousteAbstract:Cretanallachius magnificus gen. et sp. nov., first Mesozoic and earliest record of the Dilaridae (Neuroptera), is described from the Cretaceous Burmese amber. Its putative closest relative is the recent subfamily Nallachiinae known by the sole genus Nallachius.
Shaun L Winterton - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Review of the green lacewing genus Apochrysa Schneider (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)
Zootaxa, 2020Co-Authors: Shaun L Winterton, Ankita GuptaAbstract:Delicate green lacewings in the genus Apochrysa Schneider (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Apochrysinae) are reviewed with each species diagnosed and figured; a key to species is included.
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the first mitochondrial genomes of antlion Neuroptera myrmeleontidae and split footed lacewing Neuroptera nymphidae with phylogenetic implications of myrmeleontiformia
International Journal of Biological Sciences, 2014Co-Authors: Yuyu Wang, Shaun L Winterton, Ding YangAbstract:In the holometabolous insect order Neuroptera (lacewings), the cosmopolitan Myrmeleontidae (antlions) are the most species-rich family, while the closely related Nymphidae (split-footed lacewings) are a small endemic family from the Australian-Malesian region. Both families belong to the suborder Myrmeleontiformia, within which controversial hypotheses on the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships exist. Herein, we describe the complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes of an antlion (Myrmeleon immanis Walker, 1853) and a split-footed lacewing (Nymphes myrmeleonoides Leach, 1814), representing the first mt genomes for both families. These mt genomes are relatively small (respectively composed of 15,799 and 15,713 bp) compared to other lacewing mt genomes, and comprise 37 genes (13 protein coding genes, 22 tRNA genes and two rRNA genes). The arrangement of these two mt genomes is the same as in most derived Neuroptera mt genomes previously sequenced, specifically with a translocation of trnC. The start codons of all PCGs are started by ATN, with an exception of cox1, which is ACG in the M. immanis mt genome and TCG in N. myrmeleonoides. All tRNA genes have a typical clover-leaf structure of mitochondrial tRNA, with the exception of trnS1(AGN). The secondary structures of rrnL and rrnS are similar with those proposed insects and the domain I contains nine helices rather than eight helices, which is common within Neuroptera. A phylogenetic analysis based on the mt genomic data for all Neuropterida sequenced thus far, supports the monophyly of Myrmeleontiformia and the sister relationship between Ascalaphidae and Myrmeleontidae.
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ancestral gene organization in the mitochondrial genome of thyridosmylus langii mclachlan 1870 Neuroptera osmylidae and implications for lacewing evolution
PLOS ONE, 2013Co-Authors: Jingjing Zhao, Hu Li, Shaun L WintertonAbstract:The first complete mitochondrial genome of the lacewing family Osmylidae (Thyridosmylus langii (McLachlan, 1870)) (Neuroptera) was sequenced in this study. The genome is a circular molecule of 16,221 bp containing the typical 37 genes but is arranged in the same order as that of the putative ancestor of hexapod and lacks translocation of trnC as shared by all previously sequenced Neuropteran mtDNAs. This reveals that trnC translocation does not represent an organizational synapomorphy in the mitochondrion for the entire Neuroptera clade. Comparative analysis of Neuropteran tRNA genes reveals a relatively slow and conserved evolution of the mitochondrion throughout the order. Secondary structure models of the ribosomal RNA genes of T. langii largely agree with those proposed for other insect orders. Nevertheless, domain I of T. langii rrnL is consisted of nine helices rather than eight helices which is typical for Neuropteran rrnL. Protein-coding genes have typical mitochondrial start codons, with the exception of COI, which uses the TCG start codon also found in Ithonidae and Chrysopidae. Like other Neuropteran insects, the control region is the most AT-rich region and comparatively simple, with little evidence of conserved blocks or long tandem repeats. Considering the issues of base-compositional and branch length heterogeneity, we used a range of phylogenetic approaches to recover neuropteridan relationships and explored the effect of method choice on recovery of monophyly of Neuropterida: ((Neuroptera + Megaloptera) + Raphidioptera). The monophyly of Neuroptera and the more basal position of Osmylidae were also recovered by different datasets and phylogenetic methods.
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a remarkable new family of jurassic insects Neuroptera with primitive wing venation and its phylogenetic position in neuropterida
PLOS ONE, 2012Co-Authors: Qiang Yang, Shaun L Winterton, Vladimir N Makarkin, Alexander V KhramovAbstract:Background Lacewings (insect order Neuroptera), known in the fossil record since the Early Permian, were most diverse in the Mesozoic. A dramatic variety of forms ranged in that time from large butterfly-like Kalligrammatidae to minute two-winged Dipteromantispidae. Principal Findings We describe the intriguing new Neuropteran family Parakseneuridae fam. nov. with three new genera and 15 new species from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou (Inner Mongolia, China) and the Early/Middle Jurassic of Sai-Sagul (Kyrgyzstan): Parakseneura undula gen. et sp. nov., P. albomacula gen. et sp. nov., P. curvivenis gen. et sp. nov., P. nigromacula gen. et sp. nov., P. nigrolinea gen. et sp. nov., P. albadelta gen. et sp. nov., P. cavomaculata gen. et sp. nov., P. inflata gen. et sp. nov., P. metallica gen. et sp. nov., P. emarginata gen. et sp. nov., P. directa gen. et sp. nov., Pseudorapisma jurassicum gen. et sp. nov., P. angustipenne gen. et sp. nov., P. maculatum gen. et sp. nov. (Daohugou); Shuraboneura ovata gen. et sp. nov. (Sai-Sagul). The family comprises large Neuropterans with most primitive wing venation in the order indicated by the presence of ScA and AA1+2, and the dichotomous branching of MP, CuA, CuP, AA3+4, AP1+2. The phylogenetic position of Parakseneuridae was investigated using a phylogenetic analysis of morphological scoring for 33 families of extinct and extant Neuropterida combined with DNA sequence data for representatives of all extant families. Parakseneuridae were recovered in a clade with Osmylopsychopidae, Prohemerobiidae, and Ithonidae. Conclusions/Significance The presence of the presumed AA1+2 in wings of Parakseneuridae is a unique plesiomorphic condition hitherto unknown in Neuropterida, the clade comprising Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera. The relative uncertainty of phylogenetic position of Parakseneuridae and the majority of other families of Neuroptera reflects deficient paleontological data, especially from critical important periods for the order, earliest Triassic and latest Triassic/earliest Jurassic.
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A new species of Stenobiella Tillyard (Neuroptera, Berothidae) from Australia
ZooKeys, 2010Co-Authors: Shaun L WintertonAbstract:Stenobiella variola sp. n., a new species of beaded lacewing (Neuroptera: Berothidae), is described and figured from south-eastern Australia. A preliminary key to Stenobiella species is presented.
Ding Yang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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wing base structural data support the sister relationship of megaloptera and Neuroptera insecta neuropterida
PLOS ONE, 2014Co-Authors: Chenjing Zhao, Ding YangAbstract:The phylogenetic status and the monophyly of the holometabolous insect order Megaloptera has been an often disputed and long unresolved problem. The present study attempts to infer phylogenetic relationships among three orders, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, and Raphidioptera, within the superorder Neuropterida, based on wing base structure. Cladistic analyses were carried out based on morphological data from both the fore- and hindwing base. A sister relationship between Megaloptera and Neuroptera was recovered, and the monophyly of Megaloptera was corroborated. The division of the order Megaloptera, the traditional higher classification, into Corydalidae (Corydalinae + Chauliodinae) and Sialidae, was also supported by our wing base data analyses.
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the first mitochondrial genomes of antlion Neuroptera myrmeleontidae and split footed lacewing Neuroptera nymphidae with phylogenetic implications of myrmeleontiformia
International Journal of Biological Sciences, 2014Co-Authors: Yuyu Wang, Shaun L Winterton, Ding YangAbstract:In the holometabolous insect order Neuroptera (lacewings), the cosmopolitan Myrmeleontidae (antlions) are the most species-rich family, while the closely related Nymphidae (split-footed lacewings) are a small endemic family from the Australian-Malesian region. Both families belong to the suborder Myrmeleontiformia, within which controversial hypotheses on the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships exist. Herein, we describe the complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes of an antlion (Myrmeleon immanis Walker, 1853) and a split-footed lacewing (Nymphes myrmeleonoides Leach, 1814), representing the first mt genomes for both families. These mt genomes are relatively small (respectively composed of 15,799 and 15,713 bp) compared to other lacewing mt genomes, and comprise 37 genes (13 protein coding genes, 22 tRNA genes and two rRNA genes). The arrangement of these two mt genomes is the same as in most derived Neuroptera mt genomes previously sequenced, specifically with a translocation of trnC. The start codons of all PCGs are started by ATN, with an exception of cox1, which is ACG in the M. immanis mt genome and TCG in N. myrmeleonoides. All tRNA genes have a typical clover-leaf structure of mitochondrial tRNA, with the exception of trnS1(AGN). The secondary structures of rrnL and rrnS are similar with those proposed insects and the domain I contains nine helices rather than eight helices, which is common within Neuroptera. A phylogenetic analysis based on the mt genomic data for all Neuropterida sequenced thus far, supports the monophyly of Myrmeleontiformia and the sister relationship between Ascalaphidae and Myrmeleontidae.
