The golden age of lacewings (on the 70th anniversary of Vladimir Nikolaevich Makarkin)
Proshchalykin M.Yu. 1 , Storozhenko S.Yu. 1 , Lelej A.S. 1
Year: 2026, Number: 1, Pages: 75-84
V. N. Makarkin is one of the world’s leading experts on fossil insects of the orders Neuroptera (lacewings) and Raphidioptera (snakeflies). Since 1984, he has published more than 250 scientifi c papers in leading international and Russian journals. He celebrated his 70th birthday on December 18, 2025. During his research career, he has studied collections from many Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Cenozoic sites and described numerous new taxa (4 families, 5 subfamilies, 113 genera, 230 species) of fossil lacewings and snakefl ies from various regions worldwide.
DOI: 10.25221/2782-1978_2026_1_6
Keywords: Lacewings, snakefl ies, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Cenozoic, paleontology, biodiversity,