Chresmoda

Reconstruction of C.obscura

Chresmoda are large enigmatic insects with very long specialized legs, probably adapted for skating on the water surface similar to pond skaters. They can reach a body length of about 25 millimetres (0.98 in), with a forewing length of about 28 millimetres (1.1 in).[1]

These Polyneoptera of uncertain position have been considered aquatic and living on the water surface, probably predaceous on nektonic small animals.[2][3]

They lived during the Cretaceous of Brazil,[4] China,[5] Lebanon,[3] Spain, United Kingdom, Mongolia and Myanmar, as well as in the Late Jurassic of Germany, from 150.8 to 94.3 Ma from the Tithonian to the Cenomanian ages.[1] While most species are known from compression fossils, Chresmoda chikuni is known from well preserved 3-dimensional specimens in amber.[6]

• Chresmoda aquatica Martinez-Delclos, 1989 La Pedrera de Rubies Formation and Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
• Chresmoda chikuni Zhang & Ge in Zhang et al., 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• Chresmoda libanica Nel et al., 2004 Sannine Formation, Lebanon, Cenomanian
• Chresmoda multinervis Zhang et al., 2009 Dabeigou Formation, China, Early Cretaceous
• Chresmoda mongolica Ponomarenko, 1986 Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
• Chresmoda neotropica Engel & Heads, 2008 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
• Chresmoda obscura Germar, 1839 Solnhofen Limestone, Germany, Tithonian
• Chresmoda orientalis Esaki, 1949 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
• Chresmoda oweni Westwood, 1854 Purbeck Group, United Kingdom, Berriasian
• Chresmoda shihi Zhang et al., 2009 Dabeigou Formation, China, Early Cretaceous

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• Encyclopedia of Life
• Lacewing Digital Library