†Marquettia americana Cockerell 1907 (thread-winged antlion)
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Insecta - Neuroptera - Nemopteridae
Alternative combination: Halter americana
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1907. Some Old World types of insects in the Miocene of Colorado. Science 26(666):446-447
Belongs to Marquettia according to X. M. Lu et al. 2019
See also Carpenter 1959, Cockerell 1907 and Navás 1913
Sister taxon: Marquettia metzeli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant, Station 13B, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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