Dicromantispa electromexicana Engel and Grimaldi 2007 (mantidfly)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Mantispidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2007. The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida: Megaloptera, Neuroptera). American Museum Novitates 3587:1-58

Belongs to Dicromantispa according to J. E. Jepson 2015

See also Engel and Grimaldi 2007

Sister taxon: Dicromantispa moronei

Type specimen: AMNH CH-MP5, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mexican amber (AMNH Coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (AMNH Coll)

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