Blittersdorffia pulcherrima Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1997 (antlion)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto and M. A. Vulcano. 1997. Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, Nordeste do Brasil. VIII - descrição de novos taxa de Myrmeleontidae, Ascalaphidae e Nemopteridadae. Revista da Universidade de Guarulhos, Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde 2(5):64-81

Belongs to Blittersdorffia according to R. G. Martins-Neto 2002

See also Martins-Neto 2000 and Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1997

Sister taxa: Blittersdorffia dicotomica, Blittersdorffia pleoneura, Blittersdorffia polyplusia, Blittersdorffia volkheimeri

Type specimen: CV-2080, a forewing. 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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