Abstract
Tachinymphes koraiensis sp. nov., a new member of the family Mesochrysopidae (Neuroptera), is described from the Lower Cretaceous Jinju Formation (South Korea), constituting the first record of fossil lacewings from the Korean Peninsula. The evolutionary history of Mesochrysopidae is discussed, and myrmeleontoid-like modifications of wing venation associated with improved flying ability are suggested as a possible explanation for the extensive radiation of this family during the Early Cretaceous. A preliminary overview of aquatic and terrestrial insects collected from the Jinju Formation with approximate estimates of the relative abundance of different insect orders is provided.
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This work was supported by the “Problems of the Origin of Life and the Evolution of the Biosphere” Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences and by grant No. 18-04-00322 from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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Khramov, A.V., Nam, G.S. The First Record of Lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mesochrysopidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of South Korea. Paleontol. J. 54, 613–616 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103012005007X
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