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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Hemerobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Drepanepteryginae |
| Genus: | †Proneuronema Makarkin et al, 2016 |
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References
edit- ^ Makarkin, V.; Wedmann, S.; Weiterschan, T. (2016). "A new genus of Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber, with a critical review of the Cenozoic Megalomus-like taxa and remarks on the wing venation variability of the family". Zootaxa. 4179 (3): 345–370. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4179.3.2.
- ^ Makarkin, V.; Perkovsky, E. E. (2020). "A new species of Proneuronema (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from late Eocene Rovno amber". Zootaxa. 4718 (2): 292–300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4718.2.11. PMID 32230024. S2CID 212782586.
- ^ Makarkin, V. N. (2023). "Fossil Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from the Eocene Tadushi Formation, the Russian Far East, with description of a new genus". Zootaxa. 5297 (1): 115–123. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5297.1.6.