Mesithone maculata Panfilov 1980 (beaded lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Berothidae

Full reference: D. V. Panfilov. 1980. New representatives of the Neuropterans (Neuroptera) from the Jurassic of the Karatau region. Fossil insects of the Mesozoic 82-111

Belongs to Mesithone according to J. E. Jepson 2015

See also Panfilov 1980

Sister taxa: Mesithone angusta, Mesithone grandis, Mesithone maculosa, Mesithone magna, Mesithone proberotha

Type specimen: PIN 2784/1058, a forewing. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2784), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2784)

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