Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Alternative combination: Drakochrysa intermedia
Synonym: Mesypochrysa makarkini Nel et al. 2005
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 Mesypochrysa according to A. V. Khramov et al. 2015
See also Nel et al. 2005, Nel and Henrotay 1994, Panfilov 1980 and Yang and Hong 1990
Sister taxa: Mesypochrysa angusta, Mesypochrysa angustialata, Mesypochrysa binervis, Mesypochrysa cannabina, Mesypochrysa chrysopa, Mesypochrysa chrysopoides, Mesypochrysa coadnata, Mesypochrysa curvimedia, Mesypochrysa falcata, Mesypochrysa latipennis, Mesypochrysa magna, Mesypochrysa minima, Mesypochrysa miniscula, Mesypochrysa minuta, Mesypochrysa naranica, Mesypochrysa nielseni, Mesypochrysa paradoxica, Mesypochrysa paucinervis, Mesypochrysa polyclada, Mesypochrysa polyneura, Mesypochrysa pusilla, Mesypochrysa reducta, Mesypochrysa sinica
Type specimens:
- Mesypochrysa intermedia: PIN 2066/1139, a forewing (well preserved wing). Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066), which is in a Kimmeridgian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
- Mesypochrysa makarkini: PIN 2997/2774, a forewing. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2997), which is in a Kimmeridgian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection), Kazakhstan (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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