Spiloconis eominuta Grimaldi and Engel 2013 (dustywing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae

Full reference: D. Grimaldi and M. S. Engel. 2013. Taxonomic names, in Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera: Aleuropteryginae) in amber from the Eocene of India and the Miocene of Hispaniola. American Museum Novitates 3770:1-20

Belongs to Spiloconis according to D. Grimaldi and M. S. Engel 2013

Sister taxa: Spiloconis glaesaria, Spiloconis oediloma

Type specimen: BSIP Tad-316D, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in India.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection)

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