Electropsychops handlirschi Lu et al. 2017 (silky lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Psychopsidae

Full reference: X. M. Lu, W. W. Zhang, M. Ohl and X. Y. Liu. 2017. New genus and species of silky lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Psychopsidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4291:373-383

Belongs to Electropsychops according to X. M. Lu et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Electropsychops oligophlebius

Type specimen: EMTG BU-001914, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (EMTG collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (EMTG collection)

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