Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Alternative combination: Palaeochrysa ferruginea
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Two Fossil Chrysopidae. The Canadian Entomologist 41:218-219
Belongs to Lithochrysa according to V. N. Makarkin et al. 2022
See also Carpenter 1935 and Cockerell 1909
Sister taxa: Lithochrysa borealis, Lithochrysa concinnula, Lithochrysa meyeri, Lithochrysa wickhami
Type specimen: UCM 18625, a forewing (forewing fragment). Its type locality is Florissant, Station 13B, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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