Archaeochrysa fracta Cockerell 1914 (green lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae

Alternative combination: Palaeochrysa fracta

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1914. New and little known insects from the Miocene of Florissant, Colorado. Journal of Geology 22:714-724

Belongs to Archaeochrysa according to V. N. Makarkin et al. 2022

See also Adams 1967, Carpenter 1935 and Cockerell 1914

Sister taxa: Archaeochrysa cockerelli, Archaeochrysa creedei, Archaeochrysa paranervis, Archaeochrysa profracta, Archaeochrysa sanikwa

Type specimen: MCZ 3349, a forewing (finely preserved, missing very base of wing)

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant (Eocene of Colorado)

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