Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Synonym: Lembochrysa Ren and Guo 1996
Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1927. Jurassic fossil Insects from Turkestan. 7. Some Odonata, Neuroptera, Thysanoptera. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR 21(9-11):757-768
Parent taxon: Limaiinae according to Y. Wang et al. 2025
See also Adams 1967, Carpenter 1992, Chen et al. 2022, Khramov 2018, Khramov et al. 2015, Makarkin 1997, Makarkin and Perkovsky 2023, Makarkin et al. 2012, Martins-Neto 1997, Martynov 1927, Martynova 1949, Nel et al. 2005, Nel and Henrotay 1994, Panfilov 1980, Ren and Guo 1996 and Zhang et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Aberrantochrysa, Araripechrysa, Baisochrysa, Drakochrysa, Limaia, Parabaisochrysa, Protochrysa
Subtaxa: Mesypochrysa angusta Mesypochrysa angustialata Mesypochrysa binervis Mesypochrysa cannabina Mesypochrysa chrysopa Mesypochrysa chrysopoides Mesypochrysa coadnata Mesypochrysa curvimedia Mesypochrysa falcata Mesypochrysa intermedia Mesypochrysa latipennis Mesypochrysa magna Mesypochrysa minima Mesypochrysa miniscula Mesypochrysa minuta Mesypochrysa naranica Mesypochrysa nielseni Mesypochrysa paradoxica Mesypochrysa paucinervis Mesypochrysa polyclada Mesypochrysa polyneura Mesypochrysa pusilla Mesypochrysa reducta Mesypochrysa sinica
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of China (3), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (9), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of China (2), Kazakhstan (5)
Total: 23 collections including 32 occurrences
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