Micropsychops Jepson et al. 2009 (silky lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Psychopsidae

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

Parent taxon: Psychopsidae according to Y. Y. Peng et al. 2011

See also Jepson et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Acanthopsychops, Actinoptilon, Ainigmapsychops, Alloepipsychopsis, Angaropsychops, Apeirophlebia, Aphthartopsychops, Arctopsychops, Baisopsychops, Beipiaopsychops, Calopsychops, Cretapsychops, Electropsychops, Embaneura, Epipsychopsis, Gigantopsychops, Grammapsychops, Kagapsychops, Lasiopsychops, Litopsychopsis, Miopsychopsis, Propsychops, Propsychopsis, Psychopsis, Psychopsites, Pterinoblattina, Pulchroptilonia, Purbepsychopsis, Putzneura, Sinopsychops, Triassopsychops, Trichophlebia

Subtaxa: Micropsychops parallelus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Smokejacks Brickworks (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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