†Megapolystoechus magnificus Tillyard 1933 (moth lacewing)
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Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1933. The Panorpoid complex in the British Rhaetic and Lias. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 3:1-79
Belongs to Megapolystoechus according to P. E. S. Whalley 1988
See also Martynova 1949 and Tillyard 1933
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH I 10523, a forewing. Its type locality is Strensham, Worcestershire, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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