The youngest and first Lebanese representative of the family Saucrosmylidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Cenomanian

Dany Azar , André Nel (1)

1 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité

Lebanosmylus leae gen. et sp. nov., the youngest and first representative of the family Saucrosmylidae, is described from the marine lithographic Cenomanian limestone of the Konservat-Lagerstätte of Hjoula, Lebanon, on the basis of a wing compression. The paleobiogeographic implications are briefly discussed.

Domains: Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy

Dany Azar, André Nel. The youngest and first Lebanese representative of the family Saucrosmylidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Cenomanian. Palaeoentomology, 2022, 5 (2), pp.155-160. ⟨10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.2.8⟩. ⟨mnhn-04038723⟩