Plesiorobius canadensis Klimaszewski and Kevan 1986 (brown lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Hemerobiidae

Full reference: J. Klimaszewski and D. K. M. Kevan. 1986. A new lacewing-fly (Neuroptera: Planipennia) from Canadian Cretaceous amber, with an analysis of its fore wing characters. Entomological News 97:124-132

Belongs to Plesiorobius according to V. N. Makarkin 1994

Sister taxon: Plesiorobius sibiricus

Type specimen: CNC 18446, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC July 1971 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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