A new gigantic lacewing species (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil confirms the occurrence of Kalligrammatidae in the Americas |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Chemistry, UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil;2. School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom;1. Departamento de Biologia-FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo 14.040-180, Brazil;2. Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA;3. Departamento de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul 97.105-900, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | Makarkinia kerneri sp. nov. is described from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil, based on an incomplete but very well-preserved hind wing (Neuroptera: Kalligrammatidae). The previously presumed attribution of the genus is confirmed, based on the diagnostic characters of its wing venation (e.g., dense crossvenation; the anteriorly directed branches of MP) and the presence of a distinct eye-spot on the wing. Makarkinia is the only American representative and youngest known genus of Kalligrammatidae. With an estimated wing length of 100–160 mm, it has the largest wings amongst all fossil and extant Neuroptera. |
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| Keywords: | Neuroptera Kalligrammatidae Crato Formation Lower Cretaceous Fossil insect |
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