Mesypochrysa polyneura Ren and Guo 1996 (green lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae

Alternative combination: Lembochrysa polyneura

Full reference: D. Ren and Z. G. Guo. 1996. On the new fossil genera and species of Neuroptera (Insecta) from the Late Jurassic of northeast China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 21:461-479

Belongs to Mesypochrysa according to A. V. Khramov et al. 2015

See also Ren and Guo 1996

Sister taxa: Mesypochrysa angustialata, Mesypochrysa binervis, Mesypochrysa cannabina, Mesypochrysa chrysopa, Mesypochrysa chrysopoides, Mesypochrysa coadnata, Mesypochrysa curvimedia, Mesypochrysa falcata, Mesypochrysa intermedia, Mesypochrysa latipennis, Mesypochrysa magna, Mesypochrysa minima, Mesypochrysa miniscula, Mesypochrysa minuta, Mesypochrysa naranica, Mesypochrysa nielseni, Mesypochrysa polyclada, Mesypochrysa pusilla, Mesypochrysa reducta, Mesypochrysa sinica

Type specimen: GMCB LB95012, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Near Chaomidian Village (GMC Beijing coll), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Near Chaomidian Village (GMC Beijing coll)

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