Nymphites bimaculatus Shi et al. 2013 (split-footed lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Nymphidae

Full reference: C. F. Shi, V. N. Makarkin, and D. Ren. 2013. Taxonomic names, in New species of Nymphites Haase (Neuroptera: Nymphidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China, with a redescription of the type species of the genus. Zootaxa 3700:393-410

Belongs to Nymphites according to C. F. Shi et al. 2015

See also Shi et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Nymphites braueri, Nymphites lithographicus, Nymphites priscus, Nymphites sibiricus

Type specimen: CNU-NEU-NN2011116, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiulongshan Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection)

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