Palaeopsychops douglasae Archibald and Makarkin 2006 (moth lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae

Full reference: S. B. Archibald and V. N. Makarkin. 2006. Tertiary Giant Lacewings (Neuroptera: Polystoechotidae): revision and description of new taxa from Western North America and Denmark. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4(2):119-155

Belongs to Palaeopsychops according to S. B. Archibald and V. N. Makarkin 2006

Sister taxa: Palaeopsychops abruptus, Palaeopsychops angustifasciatus, Palaeopsychops dodgeorum, Palaeopsychops latifasciatus, Palaeopsychops maculatus, Palaeopsychops marringerae, Palaeopsychops quadratus, Palaeopsychops setosus, Palaeopsychops timmi

Type specimen: UAFIC 7794, a hindwing (Hindwing with crack in middle). Its type locality is Quilchena (SFU collection), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Coldwater Beds Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Quilchena (SFU collection)

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