Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae

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 Epiosmylus according to S. L. Winterton et al. 2019

See also Panfilov 1980

Sister taxa: Epiosmylus longus, Epiosmylus panfilovi

Type specimen: PIN 2239/1676, an exoskeleton (body missing abdomen with wings attached). Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239)

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