Palaeochrysa stricta Scudder 1890 (green lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Palaeochrysa according to V. N. Makarkin et al. 2022

See also Adams 1967, Carpenter 1935, Carpenter 1938 and Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Palaeochrysa greenwalti, Palaeochrysa minor

Type specimen: MCZ 242b, a wing (pair of wings). Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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