Archaeosmylidia Makarkin et al., 2014

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 : 81

Archaeosmylidia Makarkin et al., 2014

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Type species. Archaeosmylidia fusca Makarkin et al., 2014: 210 (by original designation).

Comments: The Mid Jurassic-aged Archaeosmylidia was considered by Makarkin et al. (2014) to be the intermediate between Archeosmylidae and Osmylidae . Known only from a single forewing, this genus has a unique combination of characteristics compared with other Osmylidae , including multiple sc-r crossveins (typically one), RP branches largely straight (frequently sinuous), CuP with few branches and dichotomously branched (commonly CuP is larger in area than CuA, with pectinate branching), and radial and medial crossveins are few in number (typically numerous). In a phylogenetic analysis by Winterton et al. (2017) Archaeosmylidia was weakly supported as sister to Osmylinae rather than as sister to the rest of Osmylidae as proposed by Makarkin et al. (2014). The phylogenetic position of this genus remains uncertain.

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FIGURE 63. Archaeosmylidia fusca Makarkin et al. (from Makarkin et al., 2014) (forewing).