Insecta - Neuroptera - Psychopsidae
Alternative combination: Pulchroptilonia spatifata
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
Belongs to Pulchroptilonia according to Y. Y. Peng et al. 2011
See also Martins-Neto 1997, Martins-Neto 2000 and Martins-Neto 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: RGMN-T010, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (RGMN/UFC collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato (RGMN/UFC collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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