†Protheristria roldae Makarkin et al. 2025 (mantidfly)
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Insecta - Neuroptera - Mantispidae
Full reference: V. N. Makarkin, C. Nielsen, and E. E. Perkovsky. 2025. A further new genus of Drepanicinae (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark. Zootaxa 5696:444-450
Belongs to Protheristria according to V. N. Makarkin et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MGUH 35093, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Vangsgaard pit (0.5 m above ash layer -17), which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp mudstone in the Fur Formation of Denmark.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Vangsgaard pit (0.5 m above ash layer -17)
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