Tarachoptera: The extinct and enigmatic cousins of Trichoptera and Lepidoptera, with descriptions of two new species Author Mey, Wolfram https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5647-1472 Museum fuer Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute of Evolution and Biodiversity Research at the Humboldt University, Invalidenstr. 43, D - 10115 Berlin, Germany wolfram.mey@mfn-berlin.de Author Wichard, Wilfried https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5933-6292 University of Koeln, Institute of Biology, Koeln, Germany text Contributions to Entomology 2023 2023-10-16 73 2 137 146 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.73.e110233 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.73.e110233 2511-6428-2-137 F14284E8457D49978287F6F91AC96285 125D003AED0C534FB5909DF2AA72900D Kinitocelis patrickmuelleri sp. nov. Figs 1 , 2 , 6 Material. Holotype , male, Burmese Amber, deposited in the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany , inventory no.: ZFMK-TRI000838 (ex coll. Patrick Mueller , BUB 4498). Preservation. The fossil is embedded in a flattened, oval piece of amber. The male is completely preserved, but in an unfavorable position with wings overlapping and covering the body (Fig. 6 ). Head, thorax, and abdomen partly macerated. Several air bubbles are present in the inclusion. Etymology. The species is named in honor of Patrick Mueller , collector and promoter of research on Burma amber inclusions. Description. Length of body 2.2 mm, forewings 2.9 mm; head with a triangular, frontal process; eyes hemispherical; scape and pedicellus slender, not as broad as following flagellomeres (Fig. 1 ); 24 flagellomeres, broad, flat, quadrangular, with hairs or scales shorter than flagellomere diameter (Figs 6c , 6d ). Male genitalia (Figs 2 , 6 ): dorsal plate long, tapering to round apex; ventral comb on sternum IX with 10 stiff spines. Diagnosis. By using the identification key of Wichard and Mey (2021) , the new species comes out as Kinitocelis . The new species can be distinguished from all congeners by the triangular, pointed anterior margin of the head and by the very broad flagellomeres of the antennae.