Lance lacewings of the world (Neuroptera: Archeosmylidae, Osmylidae, Saucrosmylidae): review of living and fossil genera
Author
Winterton, Shaun L.
Author
Martins, Caleb Califre
Author
Makarkin, Vladimir
Author
Ardila-Camacho, Adrian
Author
Wang, Yongjie
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-09
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4581.1.1
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Imanosmylus
Makarkin, 1994
(
Fig. 39
)
Type
species
.
Imanosmylus ussuriensis
Makarkin, 1994
: 286
(by original designation).
Diagnosis
. Forewing ovoid, costal area broad; subcostal veinlets simple, very closely spaced and nearly perpendicular to Sc; branches of RP numerous, dense; RP1 originated near origin of RP; M forked distal of origin of RP2; MA and MP pectinately branched; MA field slightly smaller area than MP field; CuA probably few pectinate; CuP likely pectinate and likely smaller in area than CuA; A1 pectinate; hind wing unknown.
Comments
.
Ren & Guo (1996)
proposed that this genus belonged to
Spilosmylinae
. Indeed, the subcostal veinlets are simple and closely spaced as in most species of this subfamily. However, this character is not necessarily unique to
Spilosmylinae
and the shape of the subcostal veinlets in the costal area is different to that of spilosmylines. Moreover, overall wing shape in
Spilosmylinae
tends to be slightly narrower (especially basally) than exhibited by
Imanosmylus
, whose wing is more rounded. There is an important autapomorphy of
Spilosmylinae
that may be support this attribution, i.e., a spur-like process from the basal part of the hind wing MP. This is unfortunately not evident in the specimen of
Imanosmylus
although we do retain the placement of this genus in
Spilosmylinae
provisionally.
Included species
.
I. ussuriensis
Makarkin, 1994
(
Russia
)
(Late Cretaceous)