Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Full reference: V. N. Makarkin and E. E. Perkovsky. 2023. New Limaiinae (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the early Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark, including an unexpected finding of a Mesozoic genus. Zootaxa 5383:57-66
Belongs to Mesypochrysa according to V. N. Makarkin and E. E. Perkovsky 2023
Sister taxa: Mesypochrysa angustialata, Mesypochrysa binervis, Mesypochrysa cannabina, Mesypochrysa chrysopa, Mesypochrysa chrysopoides, Mesypochrysa coadnata, Mesypochrysa curvimedia, Mesypochrysa falcata, Mesypochrysa intermedia, Mesypochrysa latipennis, Mesypochrysa magna, Mesypochrysa minima, Mesypochrysa miniscula, Mesypochrysa minuta, Mesypochrysa naranica, Mesypochrysa polyclada, Mesypochrysa polyneura, Mesypochrysa pusilla, Mesypochrysa reducta, Mesypochrysa sinica
Type specimen: MGUH 34285, a forewing. Its type locality is Ejerslev Molergrav, Mors, between layers +25 and +30 , which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp diatomite/volcaniclastic in the Fur Formation of Denmark.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Ejerslev Molergrav, Mors, between layers +25 and +30
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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