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Spongillaflies (Neuroptera, Sisyridae) in Baltic amber
Wilfried Wichard1, Sonja Wedmann2, Thomas Weiterschan3
1University of Koeln, Institute of Biology, Gronewaldstrasse 2, D-50931 Koeln, Germany;
Zootaxa
|September 13, 2016
Abstract:
Two spongillaflies species are described and illustrated from Eocene Baltic amber: Paleosisyra minor n. sp. and Paleosisyra electrobaltica Wichard et al., 2009; the latter species was described based on a female and is now re-described in consideration of the male genitalia of two new male specimens. Extant Sisyridae comprise few species, and their fossil record is very scarce.

