†Mesomantispa Makarkin 1996 (mantidfly)
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Insecta - Neuroptera - Mantispidae
Full reference: V. N. Makarkin. 1996. Fossil Neuroptera of the Lower Cretaceous of Baisa, east Siberia. Part 5. Mantispidae. Russian Entomological Journal 5:91-93
Parent taxon: Mesomantispinae according to J. E. Jepson 2015
See also Liu et al. 2015, Makarkin 1996 and Wedmann and Makarkin 2007
Sister taxa: Archaeodrepanicus, Clavifemora, Karataumantispa, Longipronotum, Ovalofemora, Sinomesomantispa
Subtaxa: Mesomantispa sibirica
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 3064, bed 31) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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