†Megalomus tinctus Jarzembowski 1980 (brown lacewing)
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Insecta - Neuroptera - Hemerobiidae
Alternative combination: Hemerobius tinctus
Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski. 1980. Fossil Insects from the Bembridge Marls, Palaeogene of the Isle of Wight, Southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 33(4):237-293
Belongs to Megalomus according to V. N. Makarkin et al. 2016
See also Engel and Grimaldi 2007, Jarzembowski 1980 and Makarkin 1991
Sister taxa: Megalomus caucasicus, Megalomus densistriatus, Megalomus maculosus
Type specimen: NHML I.9160, a forewing
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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