Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae

Full reference: J. E. Jepson, V. N. Makarkin, and R. A. Coram. 2012. Lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group of southern England. Cretaceous Research 34:31-47

Parent taxon: Osmylidae according to V. N. Makarkin et al. 2021

See also Jepson et al. 2012 and Winterton et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Archaeosmylidia, Dimidiosmylus, Dzhidosmylus, Eidoporisminae, Erlikosmylus, Gumillinae, Karaosmylus, Kempyninae, Kubekius, Mesosmylininae, Osmylinae, Osmylopsis, Palaeothyridosmylus, Petrushevskia, Pronymphites, Protosmylinae, Scapoptera, Spilosmylinae, Stenochrysa, Tengriosmylus, Tetanoptilon

Subtaxa: Mesosmylidus vulgaris

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Type: Mesosmylidus vulgaris

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (Manchester Mus) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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