Pulchroptilonia Martins-Neto 1997 (silky lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Psychopsidae

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto. 1997. Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, Nordeste do Brasil. X - descrição de novos táxons (Chrysopidae, Babinskaiidae, Myrmeleontidae, Ascalaphiidae e Psychopsidae). Revista da Universidade de Guarulhos, Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas 2(4):68-83

Parent taxon: Psychopsidae according to Y. Y. Peng et al. 2011

See also Martins-Neto 1997 and Martins-Neto 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthopsychops, Actinoptilon, Ainigmapsychops, Alloepipsychopsis, Angaropsychops, Apeirophlebia, Aphthartopsychops, Arctopsychops, Baisopsychops, Beipiaopsychops, Calopsychops, Cretapsychops, Electropsychops, Embaneura, Epipsychopsis, Gigantopsychops, Grammapsychops, Kagapsychops, Lasiopsychops, Litopsychopsis, Micropsychops, Miopsychopsis, Propsychops, Propsychopsis, Psychopsis, Psychopsites, Pterinoblattina, Purbepsychopsis, Putzneura, Sinopsychops, Triassopsychops, Trichophlebia

Subtaxa: Pulchroptilonia espatifata

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (RGMN/UFC collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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