Polystoechotites piperatus Cockerell 1908 (moth lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae

Alternative combinations: Polystoechotes piperatus, Propsychopsis piperatus

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:59-69

Belongs to Polystoechotites according to S. B. Archibald and V. N. Makarkin 2006

See also Carpenter 1943 and Cockerell 1908

Sister taxa: Polystoechotites barksdalae, Polystoechotites falcatus, Polystoechotites lewisi

Type specimen: AMNH 34871, a forewing (incomplete forewing). Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14

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