Mesypochrysa coadnata Chen et al. 2022 (green lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae

Full reference: Z. L. Chen, C. Jouault, H. Y. Li, C. P. Xu, A. Nel, D. Y. Huang, and X. Y. Liu. 2022. A new green lacewing species of the extinct subfamily Limaiinae (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 140(105326)

Belongs to Mesypochrysa according to Z. L. Chen et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Mesypochrysa angustialata, Mesypochrysa binervis, Mesypochrysa cannabina, Mesypochrysa chrysopa, Mesypochrysa chrysopoides, Mesypochrysa curvimedia, Mesypochrysa falcata, Mesypochrysa intermedia, Mesypochrysa latipennis, Mesypochrysa magna, Mesypochrysa minima, Mesypochrysa miniscula, Mesypochrysa minuta, Mesypochrysa naranica, Mesypochrysa nielseni, Mesypochrysa polyclada, Mesypochrysa polyneura, Mesypochrysa pusilla, Mesypochrysa reducta, Mesypochrysa sinica

Type specimen: NIGP200019, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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