A new species of brown lacewing (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from Eocene Baltic amber Author Jepson, James E. Author Penney, David Author Green, David I. text Zootaxa 2010 2692 61 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.199582 262a4e35-e52e-4bdf-a211-e4d4dcc076b4 1175-5326 199582 Genus Sympherobius Banks, 1904 Type species: Hemerobius amiculus Fitch, 1855 , by monotypy. Included species. Over 50 extant species with an almost worldwide distribution, except Australia and the tropical regions of Africa and Asia ( Oswald 1988 , 1993 ). The fossil record is sparse with two species in Baltic amber (Eocene), Sympherobius completus Makarkin et Wedmann, 2009 and S. siriae sp. nov. One species is known from Dominican amber (Miocene), Sympherobius sp. ( Engel & Grimaldi 2007 ; Makarkin & Wedmann 2009 ). Comments. The specimen has been placed within the genus Symperobius on the basis of a swollen tibia, proximal recurrent humeral trace, trichosores present on humeral margin, a broad costal space, an absence of 2sc-r, three ORBs, the absence of 4r-m and CuP being simple and not forked proximad of the 2cua-cup crossvein.