Principiala Makarkin and Menon 2007 (moth lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae

Full reference: V. N. Makarkin and F. Menon. 2007. First record of fossil "rapismatid-like" Ithonidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Cretaceous Research 28:743-753

Parent taxon: Ithonidae according to C. G. Won et al. 2023

See also Makarkin and Menon 2007 and Winterton and Makarkin 2010

Sister taxa: Allorapisma, Burmithone, Cratovoluptia, Elektrithone, Epigambriinae, Fuscopolystoechotes, Guithone, Lasiosmylus, Lichenipolystoechotes, Osmyloides, Palaeopsychops, Paleopterocalla, Polystoechotes, Puripolystoechotes, Pycnopolystoechotes, Sinuijuala, Stictopolystoechotes, Frustumopsychops, Mesopolystoechus, Meilingius, Panfilovdvia, Ricaniella, Jurapolystoechotes, Polystoechotites, Megapolystoechus

Subtaxa: Principiala incerta Principiala rudgwickensis Principiala sinuijuensis

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Type: Principiala incerta

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections), North Korea (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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