Cretaconiopteryx grandis Liu and Lu 2017 (dustywing)

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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