Insecta - Neuroptera - Berothidae
Full reference: V. N. Makarkin. 1999. Fossil Neuroptera from the Lower Cretaceous of Baisa, east Siberia. Part 6. Mesithonidae (Insecta). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1999(12):705-712
Belongs to Mesithone according to J. E. Jepson 2015
See also Makarkin 1999
Sister taxa: Mesithone angusta, Mesithone grandis, Mesithone maculata, Mesithone maculosa, Mesithone magna
Type specimen: PIN 3064/2403, a forewing. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 3064, bed 15), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large marl/siltstone in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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