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Issue: Vol. 5653 No. 1: 25 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5653.1.6
Page range: 116-122
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A new genus and species of Nothochrysinae (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the early Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok; 960022; Russia.
Natural History Museum Aarhus; Vilhelm Meyers Allé 10; Aarhus; Denmark.
Natural History Museum of Denmark; Universitetsparken 15; Copenhagen; Denmark.
Neuroptera Taxonomy Okanaganochrysa Tribochrysa Triplochrysa Triachrysa rusti gen. et sp. nov.

Abstract

Triachrysa rusti gen. et sp. nov. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Nothochrysinae) is described from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. The three gradate series of crossveins in the forewing distinguishes the new genus from other Nothochrysinae known from this formation. The forewing venation is compared to that of three other genera of Nothochrysinae with three gradate series: the early Eocene Okanaganochrysa Makarkin & Archibald, 2013, the latest Eocene Tribochrysa Scudder, 1883, and the extant Triplochrysa Kimmins, 1952. These four genera are apparently not closely related, and their third (additional) series may have developed independently in these taxa.

 

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How to Cite

Makarkin, V.N., Simonsen, T.J. & Perkovsky, E.E. (2025) A new genus and species of Nothochrysinae (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the early Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark. Zootaxa, 5653 (1), 116–122. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.1.6