Abstract
A new genus and species of Sisyridae, Stictosisyra pennyi gen. et sp. n., is described from the Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian/late Albian) Myanmar amber. It can be easily distinguished from other sisyrids genera by the configuration of wing venation such as forewing with four ra-rp crossveins, M forked distal to the separation of RP1, CuA pectinate and CuP simple; hind wing 1r-m long and sinuous. Besides, the newly documented spongillaflies bore distinct, irregularly distributed spots on the forewings.
Highlights
Sisyridae is a small and one of the most ancient family of Neuroptera, comprising about 70 extant species (Oswald 2015) assigned to four genera (Sisyra Burmeister, 1839, Sisyrina Banks, 1939, Sisyborina Monserrat, 1981, and Climacia McLachlan, 1869)
Sisyrina are in the Afrotropics, Indomalaya and Australasia
The new genus and species described here does not belong to Paradoxosisyrinae, but shares more characters in common with the extant Sisyridae
Summary
Sisyridae is a small and one of the most ancient family of Neuroptera, comprising about 70 extant species (Oswald 2015) assigned to four genera (Sisyra Burmeister, 1839, Sisyrina Banks, 1939, Sisyborina Monserrat, 1981, and Climacia McLachlan, 1869). We describe a new genus and species, Stictosisyra pennyi gen. N., of Sisyridae, from the lowermost Cenomanian Myanmar amber.
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