title: First record of the family Ithonidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber.
abstract: Elektrithone expectata gen. et sp. nov. (Neuroptera: Ithonidae) is described from Eocene Baltic amber and represents the first record of this family from Baltic amber. The forewing venation of the new genus is characterized by a small number of crossveins as found in some 'polystoechotid'-like genera, and by the absence of the distal nygma and the strong reduction of the anal area which are characteristic of 'rapismatid'-like ithonids.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia; Email: vnmakarkin@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Vladimir N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Makarkin
authors.affiliation: Senckenberg Forschungsstation Grube Messel, Markstrasse 35, D-64409 Messel, Germany; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wedmann
authors.affiliation: Forsteler Strasse 1, 64739 Höchst Odw., Germany; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weiterschan
mesh_terms: D018647:Amber; D000818:Animals; D005580:Fossils; D007313:Insecta
chemical_list: D018647:Amber