Mesonymphes hageni Carpenter 1929 (split-footed lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Nymphidae

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1929. A Jurassic neuropteran from the lithographic limestone of Bavaria. Psyche 36:190-194

Belongs to Mesonymphes according to C. F. Shi et al. 2015

See also Carpenter 1929, Carpenter 1932 and Martynova 1949

Sister taxa: Mesonymphes apicalis, Mesonymphes rohdendorfi

Type specimen: MCZ 1999, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (MCZ coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (MCZ coll)

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