Presence of two extant genera of dusty lacewings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in Baltic amber, with remarks on some earlier described fossil taxa

Sziráki, György and Gröhn, Carsten (2015) Presence of two extant genera of dusty lacewings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in Baltic amber, with remarks on some earlier described fossil taxa. Folia historico-naturalia Musei Matraensis, 39. pp. 63-71. ISSN 0134-1243

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Abstract

Two specimens determined as Semidalis fritschi (Enderlein, 1930) and a Parasemidalis sp. from the considerable amber collection with insect inclusions of the second author are discussed. Moreover, it is pointed out that Heminiphetia Enderlein, 1930 is a junoir synonym of Semidalis Enderlein, 1905, Gallosemidalis Nel, Perrichot & Azar, 2005 is a junior synonym of Parasemidalis Enderlein, 2005, while the Cretaceous genus Libanosemidalis Azar, Nel & Solignac, 2000 closely related to Parasemidalis. Paratype of Gallosemidalis eocenica Nel, Perrichot & Azar, 2005 belongs to the genus Coniopteryx, and it is the eldest known representative of this genus. Hemisemidalis sharovi Meinander, 1975 is a Parasemidalis species, and H. kulickae Dobosz & Krzemiñski, 2000 also not a Hemisemidalis Meinander, 1972, but with high probability belongs to a hitherto undescribed fossil coniopterygid genus.

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