Abstract
A new beaded lacewing, Osmyloberotha simpla gen. et sp. nov. (Neuroptera: Berothidae), is described from Cenomanian Burmese amber (Myanmar, Kachin State). It has a rather peculiar osmylid-like venation with simple costal veinlets and CuA, CuP, A1 and A2 all pectinate in forewing, a venational pattern previously unknown in Berothidae.
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