†Lithosmylus Carpenter 1943 (lance lacewing)
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Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1943. Osmylidae of the Florissant shales, Colorado (Insecta-Neuroptera). American Journal of Science 241:753-760
Parent taxon: Osmylinae according to S. L. Winterton et al. 2019
See also Carpenter 1943 and Carpenter 1992
Sister taxa: Osmylus, Vetosmylus
Subtaxa: Lithosmylus columbianus
Type: Osmylus columbianus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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