Vectispa relicta Cockerell 1921 (mantidfly)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Mantispidae

Alternative combinations: Mantispa relicta, Promantispa relicta

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum - VI. Oligocene insects from Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 7:453-480

Belongs to Vectispa according to J. E. Jepson 2015

See also Cockerell 1921, Engel and Grimaldi 2007, Jarzembowski 1980 and Wedmann and Makarkin 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHML In.24326, a forewing

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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