Family affinity of the genus Palaeopsychops Andersen with description of a new species from the Early Eocene of British Columbia, Canada (Neuroptera: Polystoechotidae)

Abstract

Palaeopsychops dodgeorum sp. n. from the Early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of Quilchena, British Columbia, Canada is described. The systematic position of the genus Palaeopsychops Andersen, 2001 is discussed, interpreting this as most closely associated with Polystoechotidae. Osmylites protogaea (Hagen 1862) is considered as nomen nudum and an objective synonym of Osmylites excelsa (Oppenheim, 1888), syn. n.