The first unusual Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Hemeroberotha sinefurca gen. et sp. nov. (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) is described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. It is particularly remarkable for its very short 19-segmented antennae, the apically obtuse terminal segment of the maxillary palpus, the single RP in the forewing, all femora covered with very long thick setae, and elongated (mainly paired) setae on the ventro-distal margins of its tarsomeres. The genus Hemeroberotha probably...