Mesochrysopidae
Mesochrysopidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Superfamily: | Chrysopoidea |
Family: | †Mesochrysopidae Handlirsch 1906 |
Genera | |
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Mesochrysopidae is an extinct family of lacewings known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. They are considered to be closely related to green lacewings of the family Chrysopidae. The family are also alternatively considered a paraphyletic grade leading up to crown Chrysopidae.[1]
Genera[]
- † Zhang 1991 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian , China, Aptian
- † Cao, Wang and Liu, 2021, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- † Panfilov 1980 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian
- † Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
- † Nel et al. 2005 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
- † Martins-Neto and Rodrigues 2009 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
- † Martins-Neto 1997 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
- † Yang et al. 2012 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian, Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
- † Ren et al. 2010 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
- † Panfilov 1980 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian
- † Ren 1995 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
- † Handlirsch 1906 Solnhofen Limestone, Germany, Tithonian
- † Haase 1890 Solnhofen Limestone, Germany, Tithonian
- † Nel et al. 2005 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
- † Liu et al. 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- † Nel and Henrotay 1994 Bascharage, Luxembourg, Toarcian Daohugou, China, Callovian
- † Ponomarenko 1992 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian, Yixian Formation, China, Aptian, Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian Jinju Formation, South Korea, Albian
- † Nel et al. 2005 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
References[]
- ^ Liu, Xingyue; Zhang, Weiwei; Winterton, Shaun L.; Breitkreuz, Laura C.V.; Engel, Michael S. (2016). "Early Morphological Specialization for Insect-Spider Associations in Mesozoic Lacewings". Current Biology. 26 (12): 1590–1594. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.039. PMID 27212405.
Categories:
- Chrysopoidea
- Prehistoric insect families