Sialium Westwood 1854 (split-footed lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Nymphidae

Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:378-396

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

See also Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1906, Jepson et al. 2012, Martynova 1949 and Shi et al. 2015

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

Subtaxa: Sialium sinicus Sialium sipylus

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Type: Sialium sipylus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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