Mesypochrysa sinica Khramov et al. 2015 (green lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae

Full reference: A. V. Khramov, Q. Liu, H. C. Zhang and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2015. Taxonomic names, in Early green lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the Jurassic of China and Kazakhstan. Papers in Palaeontology 2:25-39

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

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 polyneura, Mesypochrysa pusilla, Mesypochrysa reducta

Type specimen: NIGP 161887, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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