Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylopsychopidae
Alternative combination: Osmylopsychops spillarae
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1923. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland. No. 10 Summary of the Upper Triassic Insect fauna of Ipswich, Q. (With an Appendix describing new Hemiptera and Planipennia). The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48:481-498
Belongs to Osmylopsychops according to K. J. Lambkin 2014
See also Martynova 1949, Riek 1955, Riek 1956 and Tillyard 1923
Sister taxon: Osmylopsychops radialis
Type specimen: GSQI314, a forewing. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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