Megalomus tinctus Jarzembowski 1980 (brown lacewing)

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)

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