Insecta - Neuroptera - Mesochrysopidae
Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto and M. A. Vulcano. 1988. Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, nordeste do Brasil. I - Família Chrysopidae. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 60:189-201
Parent taxon: Mesochrysopinae according to R. G. Martins-Neto 2002
See also Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988 and Nel and Henrotay 1994
Sister taxa: Allopterinae, Aristenymphes, Chimerochrysopa, Dryellina, Karenina, Kareninoides, Longicellochrysa, Macronympha, Mesascalaphus, Mesochrysopa, Mesotermes, Protoaristenymphes, Tachinymphes, Tachinymphinae, Triangulochrysopa
Subtaxa: Caririchrysa confusa Caririchrysa criptovenata Caririchrysa skulda
Type: Caririchrysa criptovenata
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences
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