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

Zootaxa. 2022 Aug 17;5175(3):377-382. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.3.4.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil
  • Fossils*
  • Holometabola*