Euosmylus Krüger, 1913a

Winterton, Shaun L., Martins, Caleb Califre, Makarkin, Vladimir, Ardila-Camacho, Adrian & Wang, Yongjie, 2019, Lance lacewings of the world (Neuroptera: Archeosmylidae, Osmylidae, Saucrosmylidae): review of living and fossil genera, Zootaxa 4581 (1), pp. 1-99 : 27

Euosmylus Krüger, 1913a

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Type species. Stenosmylus stellae McLachlan, 1899: 259 (by monotypy) ( New Zealand) .

Diagnosis. Relatively small robust species; wings falcate, markings variable, hyaline to strongly patterned, contrasted dark areas with pale fenestrate areas; FW costal area relatively narrow, subcostal veinlets mostly simple, rarely forked; numerous branches of RP (10–12), outer gradate series present, extending from MA to pterostigma in both wings; FW M fork level with origin of RP2; HW intramedial area expanded, but less than in other genera, cells between them quadrate and crossveins not sinuous; female genitalia with spermatheca constricted, hour-glass shaped.

Comments. Closely related to Kempynus , Euosmylus is a monotypic genus endemic to New Zealand which has very similar shaped male and female genitalia and wing venation. Euosmylus stellae is a relatively small, but robust species with distinctively patterned wings.

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FIGURE 12. Kempyninae. Euosmylus stellae (McLachlan), dorsal view.