Mantispa Illiger 1798 (mantidfly)
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Insecta - Neuroptera - Mantispidae
Full reference: J. K. W. Illiger. 1798. Verzeichniss der Käfer Preussens. Entworfen von Johann Gottlieb Kugelann Apotheker in Osterode 1-510
Parent taxon: Mantispinae according to V. Baranov et al. 2022
See also Carpenter 1992, Enderlein 1910 and Illiger 1798
Sister taxa: Climaciella, Dicromantispa, Feroseta, Prosagittalata, Vectispa
Subtaxa: Mantispa damzenogedanica
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Museum of Gdańsk collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)
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