Palaeopsychops maculatus (lat.) Is a fossil species of retina of the genus Palaeopsychops of the family Ithonidae (formerly in Polystoechotidae ). Found in Eocene deposits of Europe (Fur Formation, Denmark , about 50 Ma). The size of the front wing is 40.0 × 17.5 mm. The species Palaeopsychops maculatus was first described in 2001 by the Danish paleoentomologist Stig Andersen ( Stig Andersen ; Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark ) together with the taxa Palaeopsychops abruptus , Palaeopsychops latifasciatus Palaeopsychops angustifasciatus and other new species. The taxon Palaeopsychops maculatus is included in the genus Palaeopsychops Andersen 2001 . Sister taxa: P. abruptus , P. quadratus , P. dodgeorum , P. latifasciatus , P. angustifasciatus , P. douglasae , P. marringerae , P. setosus , P. timmi [1] [2] [3] .
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Notes
- ↑ Stig Andersen. 2001. Silky lacewings (Neuroptera: Psychopsidae) from the Eocene-Paleocene transition of Denmark with a review of the fossil record and comments on phylogeny and zoogeography. Insect Systematics & Evolution 32: 419–438
- ↑ SB Archibald and VN Makarkin. 2006. Tertiary Giant Lacewings (Neuroptera: Polystoechotidae): revision and description of new taxa from Western North America and Denmark. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4 (2): 119-155
- ↑ paleobiodb.org: † Palaeopsychops maculatus Andersen 2001 .
Literature
- Grimaldi, D. , and MS Engel. Evolution of the Insects. - Cambridge, UK .: Cambridge University Press, 2005 .-- xv + 755 s.