Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae
Alternative combinations: Oligosmylus requietus, Osmylidia requietus, Osmylus requietus
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734
Belongs to Osmylidia according to V. N. Makarkin et al. 2021
See also Carpenter 1943, Cockerell 1908, Cockerell 1913, Cockerell 1914, Krüger 1913, Krüger 1913, Scudder 1890 and Winterton et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Osmylidia donnae, Osmylidia glastrai, Osmylidia picta, Osmylidia taliae
Type specimen: 8839, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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