†Brongniartiella gigas Weyenbergh 1869 (lacewing)
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Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylopsychopidae
Alternative combinations: Pterinoblattina gigas, Ricania gigas
Synonym: Brongniartiella problematica Meunier 1897 [objective synonym]
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 Brongniartiella according to Y. Y. Peng et al. 2015
See also Handlirsch 1906, Martynova 1949, Meunier 1897, Oppenheim 1888, Scudder 1885, Scudder 1886 and Weyenbergh 1869
Sister taxon: Brongniartiella inconditissimi
Type specimens:
- Brongniartiella gigas: TM 6448, 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.
- Brongniartiella problematica: TM 15411, 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.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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