Ascaloptynx oligocenicus Nel 1991 (owlfly)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae

Full reference: A. Nel. 1991. Nouveaux insectes neuroptéroïdes fossiles de l'Oligocène de France (Neuroptera et Megaloptera). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section C, Sciences de la Terre, Paléontologie, Géologie, Minérologie 12:327-349

Belongs to Ascaloptynx according to M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi 2007

See also Nel 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN IPM-R.07718, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Céreste (MNHN coll), which is in a MP 23 lacustrine carbonate in the Campagne-Calavon Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Céreste (MNHN coll)

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