Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
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 and Henrotay 1994 and Panfilov 1980
Sister taxa: Mesypochrysa angustialata, Mesypochrysa binervis, Mesypochrysa cannabina, Mesypochrysa chrysopa, Mesypochrysa chrysopoides, Mesypochrysa coadnata, Mesypochrysa curvimedia, Mesypochrysa falcata, Mesypochrysa intermedia, Mesypochrysa latipennis, Mesypochrysa magna, Mesypochrysa minima, Mesypochrysa miniscula, Mesypochrysa minuta, Mesypochrysa naranica, Mesypochrysa nielseni, Mesypochrysa polyclada, Mesypochrysa polyneura, Mesypochrysa pusilla, Mesypochrysa sinica
Type specimen: PIN 2784/1059, a hindwing (nearly complete). 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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