Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae

Full reference: J. E. Jepson, V. N. Makarkin, and R. A. Coram. 2012. Lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group of southern England. Cretaceous Research 34:31-47

Belongs to Mesypochrysa according to J. E. Jepson et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Mesypochrysa angustialata, Mesypochrysa chrysopa, Mesypochrysa chrysopoides, Mesypochrysa curvimedia, Mesypochrysa falcata, Mesypochrysa intermedia, Mesypochrysa latipennis, Mesypochrysa magna, Mesypochrysa makarkini, Mesypochrysa minima, Mesypochrysa polyclada, Mesypochrysa reducta

Type specimen: MANCH LL.16086.a-b, a wing. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (Manchester Mus), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

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Average measurements (in mm): hindwing 7.00 x 2.70