Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae

Full reference: D. V. Panfilov. 1980. New representatives of the Neuropterans (Neuroptera) from the Jurassic of the Karatau region. Fossil insects of the Mesozoic 82-111

Belongs to Mesosmylus according to D. V. Panfilov 1980

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 2239/1736, an exoskeleton (well preserved wings; body is somewhat fragmentary). Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakstan.

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): abdomen 13.0 x 3.5, forewing 28.0 x 9.6