Saucrosmylus sambneurus Ren and Yin 2003 (elegant lance lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Saucrosmylidae

Full reference: D. Ren and J. Yin. 2003. New 'Osmylid-Like' Fossil Neuroptera from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 111(1):1-11

Belongs to Saucrosmylus according to S. L. Winterton et al. 2019

See also Ren and Yin 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NN99001, an exoskeleton (body with both pairs of wings well preserved). Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 1999 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 1999 collection)

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