A New Fossil of Necrotauliidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Jiulongshan Formation of China and Its Taxonomic Significance |
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| Authors: | Yujia Liu Weiting Zhang Yunzhi Yao Dong Ren |
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| Institution: | 1. Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.; 2. Geoscience Museum, Shijiazhuang University of Economics, Shijiazhuang, 050031, China.; The National Orchid Conservation Center of China; The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, China, |
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| Abstract: | Background
Acisarcuatus variradius gen. et sp. nov., an extinct new species representing a new genus, is described from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation in Daohugou Village, Inner Mongolia, China.Methodology/Principal FindingsIn this paper, we revised the diagnosis of Necrotauliidae Handlirsch, 1906. One new genus and species of Necrotauliidae is described. An analysis based on the fossil morphological characters clarified the taxonomic status of the new taxa.Conclusions/SignificanceNew fossil evidence supports the viewpoint that the family Necrotauliidae belongs to the Integripalpia. |
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