Babinskaiidae Explained

Babinskaiidae is an extinct family of neuropterans known from the Cretaceous period of South America and Asia. They are part of the superfamily Myrmeleontoidea. Their distinguishing characters include: "long filiform antennae, narrowly elongated wings, with features such as trichosors, and presectorial cross veins present in both wings, and absence of forewing oblique vein".^[1] They are considered transitional between Nymphidae and more derived myrmeleontodoids, such as antlions.^[2]

Genera

• †Babinskaia Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989^[3] Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
  • †Babinskaia formosa Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989
  • †Babinskaia pulchra Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989
• †Baisonelia Ponomarenko, 1992^[4] Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
  • †Baisonelia vitimica Ponomarenko 1992
• †Burmobabinskaia Lu et al. 2016^[5] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Burmobabinskaia tenuis Lu et al. 2016
• †Electrobabinskaia Lu et al. 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Electrobabinskaia burmana Lu et al. 2016
• †Gigantobabinskaia Makarkin and Staniczek 2019^[6] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Gigantobabinskaia godunkoi Makarkin and Staniczek 2019
• †Neliana (replaced Nelia Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989) Martins-Neto 1992^[7] Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
  • †Neliana impolluta Martins-Neto 1997^[8]
  • †Neliana maculata Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989
• †Parababinskaia Makarkin et al. 2017^[9]
  • †Parababinskaia douteaui Ngô-Muller et al. 2020^[10] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Parababinskaia elegans Makarkin et al. 2017 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
  • †Parababinskaia makarkini Hu et al. 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Paraneliana Jouault & Nel, 2021^[11]
  • †Paraneliana sennlaubi Jouault & Nel, 2021 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
• †Pseudobabinskaia Makarkin et al. 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Pseudobabinskaia martinsnetoi Lu et al. 2016 (formerly Babinskaia martinsnetoi)
• †Pseudoneliana Huang et al. 2019^[12] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Pseudoneliana makarkini Huang et al. 2019
• †Calobabinskaia Lu, Wang & Liu, 2021
  • †Calobabinskaia xiai Lu, Wang & Liu, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Stenobabinskaia Lu, Wang & Liu, 2021
  • †Stenobabinskaia punctata Lu, Wang & Liu, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Xiaobabinskaia Lu, Wang & Liu, 2021
  • †Xiaobabinskaia lepidotricha Lu, Wang & Liu, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Notes and References

1. Hu. Jiahui. Lu. Xiumei. Wang. Bo. Liu. Xingyue. 2018-04-04. Taxonomic notes on Babinskaiidae from the Cretaceous Burmese amber, with the description of a new species (Insecta, Neuroptera). ZooKeys. 748. 31–46. 10.3897/zookeys.748.24198. 1313-2970. 5904421. 29674912. free .
2. Lu. Xiumei. Wang. Bo. Liu. Xingyue. 2021-08-12. New Cretaceous antlion-like lacewings promote a phylogenetic reappraisal of the extinct myrmeleontoid family Babinskaiidae. Scientific Reports. en. 11. 1. 16431. 34385561 . 10.1038/s41598-021-95946-z. 2045-2322. 8361207.
3. R. G. Martins-Neto and M. A. Vulcano. 1989. Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, nordeste do Brasil. II. Superfamília Myrmeleontoidea. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 33:367-402
4. A. G. Ponomarenko. 1992. Neuroptera (Insecta) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaykalia. Paleontological Journal 26(3):56-66
5. Lu. Xiumei. Zhang. Weiwei. Liu. Xingyue. March 2017. Discovery of the family Babinskaiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Cretaceous Research. 71. 14–23. 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.10.012. 0195-6671.
6. Makarkin. Vladimir N.. Staniczek. Arnold H.. December 2019. A new large-sized genus of Babinskaiidae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea: Nymphidoidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research. 104. 104196. 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104196. 201309347 . 0195-6671.
7. R. G. Martins-Neto. 1992. Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, nordeste do Brasil. V - Aspectos filogenéticos, paleoecológicos, paleobiogeográficos e descrição de novos taxa. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
8. R. G. Martins-Neto. 1997. Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, Nordeste do Brasil. X - descrição de novos táxons (Chrysopidae, Babinskaiidae, Myrmeleontidae, Ascalaphiidae e Psychopsidae). Revista da Universidade de Guarulhos, Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas 2(4):68-83
9. Makarkin. Vladimir N.. Heads. Sam W.. Wedmann. Sonja. October 2017. Taxonomic study of the Cretaceous lacewing family Babinskaiidae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea: Nymphidoidae), with description of new taxa. Cretaceous Research. 78. 149–160. 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.007. 0195-6671. free.
10. Ngô-Muller. Valerie. Garrouste. Romain. Pouillon. Jean-Marc. Douteau. Julien. Nel. André. September 2020. A new Babinskaiidae from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Insecta, Neuroptera, Myrmeleontoidea). Cretaceous Research. 113. 104478. 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104478. 219089915 . 0195-6671. free.
11. Jouault. Corentin. Nel. André. 2021-06-29. A new myrmeleontoid genus and species from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Neuroptera, Babinskaiidae). Palaeoentomology. 4. 3. 10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.3.4. 237819174 . 2624-2834.
12. Diying. Huang. André. Nel. Dany. Azar. September 2019. An additional new taxon belonging to the small Cretaceous lacewing family Babinskaiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea) from the Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research. 101. 43–46. 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.04.010. 0195-6671. free.