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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Nuddsia
Menon & Makarkin, 2008
(
Fig. 7D
)
(=
Burmaleon
Myskowiak
et al.
, 2016
syn. nov.
Type
species.
Burmaleon magnificus
Myskowiak
et al.
, 2016
: 219
)
Type
species.
Nuddsia longiantennata
Menon & Makarkin, 2008
: 151
(by original designation).
Diagnosis.
Wings elongate and narrow; FW RP with five branches, RP1 originating far from origin of RP, close to wing length; FW M fork at to 1/3 wing length, slightly proximal origin of RP1; MA and MP each dichotomously branched apically in both wings; FW CuA with distal fork forming distinct loop; FW CuP and HW CuA elongate pectinate branched.
Comments.
Nuddsia
(late Aptian) and
Burmaleon
syn. nov.
(earliest Cenomanian) are very similar in appearance and while being located on separate continents, are relatively close in age. Indeed, the only feature to distinguish between
Burmaleon
and
Nuddsia
is the slight difference in position of the forewing medial fork. This fork is close to, but just proximal to the origin of RP
1 in
Burmaleon
, while in
Nuddsia
it is slightly more proximal. This distinction is relative and hardly significant at the generic level when compared to other genera of
Gumillinae
. The overall similarity of
Nuddsia
and
Burmaleon
is otherwise close enough to consider them congeneric and
Burmaleon
is herein synonymised with
Nuddsia
. Both
Martins-Neto & Rodrigues (2010)
and
Myskowiak
et al.
(2016)
describe the main difference between
Nuddsia longiantennata
and
Nuddsia repatriata
as being the medial fork of forewing being positioned at the base of the wing, slightly basal to the origin of RP. Yet, no other osmylid forewing has the medial fork this close to the base of the wing, although all osmylid hind wings do. The forewing and hind wing venation in
Osmylidae
is at times very similar, especially in
Gumillinae
where the costal area is not expanded in the forewing. We are sure therefore, that the forewing of
N. repatriata
presented in
Martins-Neto & Rodrigues (2010: fig. 2)
is instead a hind wing, although the placement in
Nuddsia
is still valid.
Nuddsia
is similar in wing venation to
Gumilla
but differs in the position of the forewing medial fork being distal to the origin of the first branch of RP.
Included species
.
N
.
longiantennata
Menon & Makarkin, 2008
(
Brazil
)
(Early Cretaceous)
N
.
repatriata
Martins-Neto & Rodriguez, 2010
(
Brazil
)
(Early Cretaceous)
N. magnifica
(
Myskowiak
et al.
, 2016
)
comb. nov.
(
Myanmar
) (Late Cretaceous)