Mesonymphes Carpenter 1929 (split-footed lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Nymphidae

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1929. A Jurassic neuropteran from the lithographic limestone of Bavaria. Psyche 36:190-194

Parent taxon: Nymphidae according to S. B. Archibald and V. N. Makarkin 2020

See also Carpenter 1929, Carpenter 1992, Engel and Grimaldi 2008, Martynova 1949, Panfilov 1980, Ponomarenko 1992 and Shi et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Alloneurinae, Baissoleon, Cretonymphes, Dactylomyius, Daonymphes, Elenchonymphes, Liminympha, Myiodactylinae, Nymphavus, Nymphinae, Nymphites, Olindanymphes, Santananymphes, Sialium, Spilonymphes, Minonymphites

Subtaxa: Mesonymphes apicalis Mesonymphes hageni Mesonymphes rohdendorfi

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Type: Mesonymphes hageni

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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