First green lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the Paleocene Sanshui Basin of Guangdong, South China

Diying Huang (1) , Xinneng Lian (1) , Corentin Jouault (2, 3) , Jian Gao (1) , André Nel (2)

1 State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology
2 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité
3 GR - Géosciences Rennes

Sinonothochrysa zhangi Huang and Nel gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species ofnothochrysine lacewing, is described and illustrated from the Paleocene Buxin Formation,Sanshui Basina, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, South China. The new taxon is the oldestdescribed representative and first report this subfamily in China. It is also the first formallydescribed fossil insects from the Buxin Formation of the Sanshui Basin.

Keywords: Nothochrysinae; fossil insects; Buxin Formation; middle Paleocene; Neuroptera

Domains: Paleontology

Diying Huang, Xinneng Lian, Corentin Jouault, Jian Gao, André Nel. First green lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the Paleocene Sanshui Basin of Guangdong, South China. Historical Biology, 2022, 34 (4), pp.704-712. ⟨10.1080/08912963.2021.1943381⟩. ⟨insu-03272764⟩