Limaia conspicua Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988 (green lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae

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

Belongs to Limaia according to R. G. Martins-Neto 2002

See also Martins-Neto 1997, Martins-Neto 2000, Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988, Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989 and Nel and Henrotay 1994

Sister taxon: Limaia adicotomica

Type specimen: GP/IT-1625, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (IGC-USP collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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