Proneuronema
Extinct genus of lacewings
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Proneuronema is an extinct genus of lacewings in the neuropteran family Hemerobiidae known from fossils found in amber. The genus currently contains three species, P. gradatum and P. minor from Baltic amber[1] and P. sidorchukae from Rovno amber.[2] A Ypresian fossil from Washington state was initially also placed within the genus, having been moved from its original placement as Cretomerobius wehri, but was subsequently moved to the separate genus Archibaldia by Vladimir Makarkin (2023).[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Hemerobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Drepanepteryginae |
| Genus: | †Proneuronema Makarkin et al, 2016 |
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A 2024 study identified a new species, P. damzeni, from Rovno amber, and reassigned P. gradatum to Archibaldia densistriata.[4]