Jersiberotha luzzii Grimaldi 2000 (beaded lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Berothidae

Full reference: D. Grimaldi. 2000. A diverse fauna of Neuropterodea in amber from the Cretaceous of New Jersey. Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 259-303

Belongs to Jersiberotha according to D. Grimaldi 2000

Sister taxa: Jersiberotha musivum, Jersiberotha myanmarensis, Jersiberotha similis, Jersiberotha tauberorum

Type specimen: AMNH NJ-376, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)

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