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Microberotha
''Microberotha'' is an extinct monotypic genus of "beaded lacewing" in the family Berothidae known from a fossil found in North America. When described the genus contained a single Ypresian-age species ''Microberotha macculloughi''. History and classification The genus is known from a single male specimen, the holotype, currently deposited in the collections of the Kelowna Centennial Museum in Kelowna, British Columbia, as number "NH.998.015.002". The type specimen is well preserved in early Early Eocene Hat Creek amber from deposits between Cache Creek, British Columbia, Cache Creek and Lillooet, British Columbia, which are part of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands ''Lagerstätten''. The fossil was first studied by Bruce Archibald of Simon Fraser University and Vladimir Makarkin of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archibald and Makarkin published their Type (biology), type description in the journal ''The Canadian Entomologist' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berothidae
The Berothidae are a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera. They are known commonly as the beaded lacewings. The family was first named by Anton Handlirsch in 1906. The family consists of 24 genera and 110 living species distributed discontinuously worldwide, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. Numerous extinct species have also been described. Their ecology is poorly known, but in the species where larval stages have been documented, the larvae are predators of termites. Systematics The peculiar genus '' Lomamyia'' cannot be robustly assigned to any one subfamily. In addition, a considerable fossil diversity of beaded lacewings is known from the Late Jurassic onwards, containing numerous genera which are likewise basal or ''incertae sedis.'' Extant genera *'' Asadeteva'' Aspöck & Aspöck, 1981 *'' Austroberothella'' Aspöck & Aspöck, 1985 *'' Berlekrumyia'' Aspöck & Aspöck, 1988 *'' Berotha'' Walker, 1860 *'' Berothimerobius'' Monserrat & Deretsky, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |