Dicromantispa moronei 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 electromexicana

Type specimen: MACT-432, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Morone Amber Collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Morone Amber Collection)

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