He Ding; Chungkun Shih; Alexei Bashkuev; Yunyun Zhao; Dong Ren

“ Jurassipanorpa impunctata gen. et sp. n. and Jurassipanorpa sticta sp. n. described in this study are the earliest fossil panorpids in the world hitherto. The holotypes of these two new species of Jurassipanorpa gen. n. are well-preserved, including both wings and most of the body. New information from these two new species enhances our understanding of the morphological characters of Panorpidae and diversity of Mecoptera during the late Middle Jurassic. ”

“ We assigned this genus to Panorpidae mainly based on the following characters: (1) head capsule with prolonged downward mouthparts; (2) slender wings and forewing slightly larger than hind wing with similar veins; (3) forewing Rs with five branches; (4) forewing M with four branches; (5) forewing Cu1 not fused with M basally, one crossvein between M4 and Cu1; and (6) hind wing Rs with five and M with four branches as those of forewing. ”

“ Abstract AbstractThe early history of Panorpidae (Mecoptera) is poorly known due to sparse fossil records. Up to date, only nine fossil species have been described, all from the Paleogene, except the Early Cretaceous Solusipanorpa gibbidorsa Lin, 1980. However, we suggest S. gibbidorsa is too incompletely preserved to permit even family classification. A new genus with two new species, Jurassipanorpa impunctatagen. ”