Burmopsychops limoae, Lu & Zhang & Liu, 2016

Lu, Xiumei, Zhang, Weiwei & Liu, Xingyue, 2016, Nomenclatural validation of new genera and species of the superfamily Psychopsoidea (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar, Zoological Systematics 41 (3), pp. 323-326 : 326

Burmopsychops limoae sp. nov. ( Figs 6–14 )

Burmopsychops limoae Lu, Zhang & Liu, 2016: 7 . nom. invalid.

Diagnosis. Same as for the genus.

Description. See Lu et al. (2016).

Type material. Holotype. EMTG BU-001293 , amber piece preserving a complete adult female of B. limoae , three cockroaches, and a lacewing larva; it is polished in the form of a flattened trapezoidal cabochon, clear and transparent, with length×width about 34.8× 31.4 mm, height about 4.5 mm.

Etymology. The new species is dedicated to Mrs. Mo Li, who kindly donated the piece of amber that includes the new species.

Figures

Figure 6–14. Burmopsychops limoae gen. & sp. nov. 6. Habitus photo, dorsal. 7. Forewing venation. 8. Hindwing venation. 9. Photo of head, dorsal. 10. Photo of hindleg tarsus. 11. Photo of proximal part of forewing. 12. Photo of proximal part of hindwing. 13. Photo of female genital segments, ventral. 14. Drawing of female genital segments, ventral. Abbreviation: T—tergite; e— ectoproct; gx—gonocoxite; gs—gonostylus. Scale bars: 6=2mm; 7–8=1 mm; 9, 11–12=0.5mm; 10 =0.05mm; 13–14=0.2 mm.