Micropsychops parallelus 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

Belongs to Micropsychops according to Y. Y. Peng et al. 2011

See also Jepson et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH Pal.PI II 1518ab, a forewing. Its type locality is Smokejacks Brickworks, which is in a Barremian pond claystone/siltstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Smokejacks Brickworks

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