Insecta - Neuroptera - Mesochrysopidae
Alternative spelling: Mesochrysopinae
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Chrysopoidea according to V. N. Makarkin et al. 2013
See also Adams 1967, Ansorge and Schlüter 1990, Carpenter 1992, Engel and Grimaldi 2008, Handlirsch 1906, Martins-Neto 1997, Martins-Neto 2002, Martynov 1927, Martynova 1949, Menon and Makarkin 2008, Nel et al. 2005 and Nel and Henrotay 1994
Sister taxa: Ascalochrysidae, Chrysopidae, Hemerobiidae, Osmylitidae, Solenoptilidae, Acanthochrysa, Tragichrysa, Phyllochrysa, Corydasialidae, Tyruschrysa, Cratochrysidae, Hallucinochrysa
Subtaxa: Allopterinae Aristenymphes Caririchrysa Chimerochrysopa Dryellina Karenina Kareninoides Longicellochrysa Macronympha Mesascalaphus Mesochrysopa Mesotermes Protoaristenymphes Tachinymphes Tachinymphinae Triangulochrysopa
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (10 collections), China (6), Myanmar (6), the Russian Federation (1), South Korea (1), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of China (1), Germany (3), Kazakhstan (1), Luxembourg (1)
Total: 31 collections including 44 occurrences