†Cretaconiopteryx grandis Liu and Lu 2017 (dustywing)
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Insecta - Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae
Full reference: X. Y. Liu and X. M. Lu. 2017. A remarkable new genus of Cretaceous dustywings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in amber from northern Myanmar. Zoological Systematics 42:380-389
Belongs to Cretaconiopteryx according to X. Y. Liu and X. M. Lu 2017
Sister taxon: Cretaconiopteryx zhengpengyueae
Type specimen: CAM BA-0008, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Century Amber Museum/Xiao Jia collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Century Amber Museum/Xiao Jia collection)
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