Insecta - Neuroptera - Nemopteridae

Alternative combination: Megalopteryx audax

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto and M. A. Vulcano. 1989. Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, nordeste do Brasil. II. Superfamília Myrmeleontoidea. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 33:367-402

Belongs to Cratonemopteryx according to X. M. Lu et al. 2019

See also Martins-Neto 1997, Martins-Neto 2000, Martins-Neto 2002, Martins-Neto et al. 2007, Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989 and Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1997

Sister taxa: Cratonemopteryx robusta, Cratonemopteryx speciosa

Type specimen: CV-1187, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (Vulcano collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (Vulcano collection)

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