A new Scolebythidae Eobythus patriciae gen. nov., sp, nov. is described. fr
om the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Oise Valley (France). A first attempt
at a phylogenetic analysis suggests that the fossil genera Eobythus gen, no
v. and Libanobythus Prentice et al. (1996) would constitute an original cla
de not directly related to the three modern scolebythid genera.