Paradoxomantispa jiaxiaoae Lu et al. 2020 (mantidfly)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Mantispidae

Full reference: X. M. Lu, B. Wang, W. W. Zhang, M. Ohl, M. S. Engel and X. Y. Liu. 2020. Cretaceous diversity and disparity in a lacewing lineage of predators (Neuroptera: Mantispidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287(20200629)

Belongs to Paradoxomantispa according to H. Y. Li et al. 2022

See also Lu et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Paradoxomantispa hongi, Paradoxomantispa mahaiyingae

Type specimen: CAM BA-0015, 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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