An unusual new fossil genus probably belonging to the Psychopsidae (Neuroptera) from the Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America Author Makarkin, Vladimir N. Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V 5 A 1 S 6 vnmakarkin@mail.ru Author Archibald, S. Bruce text Zootaxa 2014 2014-07-18 3838 3 385 391 journal article 6130 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.3.8 7755c971-0da0-42cb-bd12-550602e5d75c 1175-5326 4927393 7431AB99-1BE8-4A81-97F0-CC341730FEDF Genus Ainigmapsychops gen. nov. Type and only species. Ainigmapsychops inexspectatus sp. nov. Diagnosis. Forewing easily separated from those of other species of Psychopsidae by a combination of the following character states: (1) costal space broad proximally, strongly narrowed toward apex [shared with many Mesozoic genera; equally broad in all extant and fossil Cenozoic genera]; (2) costal crossveins absent in preserved portion of costal space [shared with few Mesozoic genera; at least few (often many) crossveins present in all extant and Cenozoic genera]; (3) branches of RP simple before outer gradate series of crossveins [shared with all extant and Cenozoic genera; dichotomously branched in many Mesozoic genera]; (4) CuA strongly pectinate, with numerous branches [dichotomous (or so) or pectinate with few branches in most Mesozoic genera]; (5) CuP pectinate, with few branches [shared with some Mesozoic genera; strongly pectinate with numerous branches in extant genera]; (6) branches of CuA, CuP short [relatively long in Mesozoic genera]; (7) cubital/anal area relatively narrow [shared with all extant genera; broad in Mesozoic genera]; (8) branches of AA1 running at steep angle [low angle in all other genera]. Etymology. Ainigma - (from Greek ainigma , riddle, enigma) + -psychops (a traditional ending of psychopsidlike genera, from Psychopsis , a genus-group name), in reference to the unusual wing venation of the genus. Gender masculine.