Palleptoceridae WICHARD & MÜLLER 2022, fam. nov.

Palleptoceridae fam. nov. Type genus. Palleptocerus gen. nov. Diagnosis. Ocelli absent. Antennae longer than forewings, scapus conically thickened. Maxillary palps five-segmented, lengths of palp segments in a row: short (1), long (2), long (3) short (4) and longest (5); terminal segment not annulated (Figs 2A, 3B inset). Wings: Forewings slightly narrow and apically rounded, hind wings shorter and broader. Sexual dimorphism in terms of wing length and wing venation: Forewing lengths in males a little shorter than in females. The light brown wings of the males are darker in the females. In males forewing venation with forks I and V present (Fig. 2B); in females forks I, III, and V present (Fig. 2C). In both sexes, discoidal cells open and thyridial cells closed, long. The hind wing venation reduced in both sexes; forks I, II, III, and IV absent, exclusively fork V present; discoidal cells open; crossveins not present (Fig. 2D). Tibial spurs: 2/4/4, metatibia, each with a pair of apical and preapical spurs (Fig. 1B) Palleptoceridae fam. nov. is characterized by the apomorphic combination of the following characters: Tibial spur formula 2/4/4. Forewing fork I present without discoidal cell and in hind wing exclusively fork V present.Published as part of WICHARD, WILFRIED & MÜLLER, PATRICK, 2022, Palleptoceridae fam. nov., an extinct leptoceroid family in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Insecta, Trichoptera), pp. 468-474 in Palaeoentomology 5 (5) on page 469, DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.8, http://zenodo.org/record/733375