The first fossil brown lacewing from the Miocene of the Tibetan Plateau (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)

A new species of Hemerobiidae, Wesmaelius makarkini Yang, Pang & Ren, sp. n. is described from the Lower Miocene, Garang Formation of Zeku County, Qinghai Province (northeastern Tibetan Plateau), China. The species is assigned to the widely distributed extant genus Wesm...

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Main Authors: Qiang Yang, Chaofan Shi, Xiangchuan Li, Hong Pang, Dong Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-01-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21086
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spelling doaj-188e92b3aee84e6db2f294c7815e59dd2020-11-24T22:02:43ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29891313-29702018-01-0172614515410.3897/zookeys.726.2108621086The first fossil brown lacewing from the Miocene of the Tibetan Plateau (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)Qiang Yang0Chaofan Shi1Xiangchuan Li2Hong Pang3Dong Ren4Capital Normal UniversitySun Yat-sen UniversityChang’an UniversitySun Yat-sen UniversityCapital Normal University A new species of Hemerobiidae, Wesmaelius makarkini Yang, Pang & Ren, sp. n. is described from the Lower Miocene, Garang Formation of Zeku County, Qinghai Province (northeastern Tibetan Plateau), China. The species is assigned to the widely distributed extant genus Wesmaelius Krüger (Hemerobiinae). The species represents the first named fossil of this family from China, which sheds light on the historical distribution of Wesmaelius and early divergences within Hemerobiinae. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21086
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author Qiang Yang
Chaofan Shi
Xiangchuan Li
Hong Pang
Dong Ren
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Chaofan Shi
Xiangchuan Li
Hong Pang
Dong Ren
The first fossil brown lacewing from the Miocene of the Tibetan Plateau (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)
ZooKeys
author_facet Qiang Yang
Chaofan Shi
Xiangchuan Li
Hong Pang
Dong Ren
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title The first fossil brown lacewing from the Miocene of the Tibetan Plateau (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)
title_short The first fossil brown lacewing from the Miocene of the Tibetan Plateau (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)
title_full The first fossil brown lacewing from the Miocene of the Tibetan Plateau (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)
title_fullStr The first fossil brown lacewing from the Miocene of the Tibetan Plateau (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)
title_full_unstemmed The first fossil brown lacewing from the Miocene of the Tibetan Plateau (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)
title_sort first fossil brown lacewing from the miocene of the tibetan plateau (neuroptera, hemerobiidae)
publisher Pensoft Publishers
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issn 1313-2989
1313-2970
publishDate 2018-01-01
description A new species of Hemerobiidae, Wesmaelius makarkini Yang, Pang & Ren, sp. n. is described from the Lower Miocene, Garang Formation of Zeku County, Qinghai Province (northeastern Tibetan Plateau), China. The species is assigned to the widely distributed extant genus Wesmaelius Krüger (Hemerobiinae). The species represents the first named fossil of this family from China, which sheds light on the historical distribution of Wesmaelius and early divergences within Hemerobiinae.
url https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21086
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