Insecta - Neuroptera - Mantispidae

Full reference: V. Baranov, R. Pérez-de la Fuente, M. S. Engel, J. U. Hammel, C. Kiesmüller, M. K. Hörnig, P. G. Pazinato, C. Stahlecker, C. Haug and J. T. Haug. 2022. The first adult mantis lacewing from Baltic amber, with an evaluation of the post-Cretaceous loss of morphological diversity of raptorial appendages in Mantispidae. Fossil Record 25:11-24

Belongs to Mantispa according to V. Baranov et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MG/B/1172, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum of Gdańsk collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Museum of Gdańsk collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.