Pseudomyrmeleon extinctus Weyenbergh 1869

Insecta - Neuroptera

Alternative combination: Myrmeleon extinctus

Full reference: H. Weyenbergh. 1869. Sur les Insectes fossiles du Calcaire Lithographique de la Bavière, qui se trouvent au Musée Teyler. Archives de Musée Teyler 2:1-48

Belongs to Pseudomyrmeleon according to O. M. Martynova 1949

See also Handlirsch 1906, Meunier 1897 and Weyenbergh 1869

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TM 6435, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection)

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