Pseudosmylidia Makarkin, 2017

Winterton, Shaun L., Martins, Caleb Califre, Makarkin, Vladimir, Ardila-Camacho, Adrian & Wang, Yongjie, 2019, Lance lacewings of the world (Neuroptera: Archeosmylidae, Osmylidae, Saucrosmylidae): review of living and fossil genera, Zootaxa 4581 (1), pp. 1-99 : 59

Pseudosmylidia Makarkin, 2017

Type species. Pseudosmylidia relicta Makarkin, 2017: 582 (by original designation).

Diagnosis. Antennae less than FW length; wings ovoid, hyaline; costal area broad, basally and distally narrowed; subcostal veinlets simple basally and forked distally, sub-parallel and relatively widely spaced throughout; relatively few crossveins in RA-RP area; stem of RP relatively short, with 10 branches; end-twigging along posterior margin irregular and multi-layered; three distinct gradate series arranged in parallel through radial and medial areas; FW M fork at level with origin RP2; MA and MP with very few pectinate branches; FW CuA pectinately forked (four branches), area of branching of FW CuP smaller than area of CuA; A1 elongate and pectinate branched.

Comments: The forewing CuA with more branches than CuP is distinctive for this genus and suggests a close relationship to Jurosmylus , the only other protosmyline genus to exhibit this condition.