Protheristria, Makarkin & Nielsen & Perkovsky, 2025

Makarkin, Vladimir N., Nielsen, Christian & Perkovsky, Evgeny E., 2025, A further new genus of Drepanicinae (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark, Zootaxa 5696 (3), pp. 444-450 : 445

Genus Protheristria gen. nov.

Type and only species. Protheristria roldae sp. nov.

Diagnosis. May be easily distinguished from other genera of Drepanicinae by a combination of following venation character states: Both fore- hind wings: one gradate series of crossveins in the radial to intramedial spaces [two series in Liassochrysa , Promantispa , Ditaxis , Allomantispa ]; pterostigma pale [dark in Theristria ]; Sc distally (bordering the pterostigma) very pale, poorly discernible [well discernible in other genera]; all branches of RP forked once [at least some branches dichotomously forked in other genera except for a few species of Theristria ].

Etymology. From the Greek pro, before, and Theristria , a genus-group name. Gender feminine.