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A new dustywing (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) from the Early Cretaceous amber of Spain.

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A new Cretaceous dustywing, Soplaoconis ortegablancoi gen. et sp. nov. (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae), is described from four specimens preserved in Early Cretaceous (Albian, ~105Ma) El Soplao amber (Cantabria, northern Spain). Two additional specimens are assigned to this new taxon. A crossvenational abnormality on an area of diagnostic significance from one of the holotype's forewings provides a reminder of the importance of not ruling out character plasticity or teratoses when evaluating palaeodiversity. A comment on the possible palaeoecological significance of the co-occurrence as syninclusions of plant trichomes with the holotype of S. ortegablancoi and seven of the eleven described Burmese amber dustywing species is provided.

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(c) Pérez de la Fuente, Ricardo et al., 2019

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Articles publicats en revistes (Dinàmica de la Terra i l'Oceà)

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A new dustywing (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) from the Early Cretaceous amber of Spain.