Pterinoblattina minima Jepson et al. 2009 (silky lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Psychopsidae

Alternative combination: Valdipsychops minimus

Full reference: J. E. Jepson, V. N. Makarkin, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2009. New lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Wealden supergroup of Southern England. Cretaceous Research 30:1325-1338

Belongs to Pterinoblattina according to J. E. Jepson et al. 2012

See also Jepson et al. 2009 and Peng et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Pterinoblattina brigidae, Pterinoblattina fasciata, Pterinoblattina kobdoensis, Pterinoblattina logunovi, Pterinoblattina maculosa, Pterinoblattina penna, Pterinoblattina peverilensis, Pterinoblattina pluma, Pterinoblattina proudlovei

Type specimen: MNEMG 2009.38, a forewing. Its type locality is Clockhouse Brickworks (MNEMG collection), which is in a Hauterivian lagoonal mudstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Clockhouse Brickworks (MNEMG collection)

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