Mesosmylina falcifera Ansorge 1996 (lance lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae

Alternative combination: Mesosmylina falciferum

Full reference: J. Ansorge. 1996. Insekten aus dem oberen Lias von Grimmen (Vorpommern, Norddeutschland). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 2:1-132

Belongs to Mesosmylina according to S. L. Winterton et al. 2019

See also Ansorge 1996

Sister taxa: Mesosmylina angusta, Mesosmylina exornata, Mesosmylina mongolica, Mesosmylina shurabica, Mesosmylina sibirica

Type specimen: LGA 1295, a forewing. Its type locality is Klein Lehmhagen pit, Grimmen (LGA collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore shale in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Klein Lehmhagen pit, Grimmen (LGA collection)

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