psychopsid
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A fossil psychopsid, Undulopsychopsis alexi
Noun
psychopsid (plural psychopsids)
- (zoology) Any insect of the silky lacewing family, Psychopsidae.
- 1976, Bernhard Grzimek, Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Evolution, page 265,
- Some of the Australian specimens are classified with the psychopsids (family Psychopsidae), an alder fly group occurring solely in Australia, where it is known as the silky lace-wing due to the brilliantly colored wings and the long, silky hair.
- 2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, page 342,
- As will be repeatedly seen in many Neuroptera families, psychopsids had a wider distribution during the Mesozoic and Tertiary.
- 2011, Yuanyuan Peng, Vladimir N. Makarkin, Xiaodong Wang, Dong Ren A new fossil silky lacewing genus (Neuroptera, Psychopsidae) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China, Dmitry Shcherbakov (editor), Advances in the Systematics of Fossil and Modern Insects, page 218,
- While many fossil psychopsids were recorded from the Mesozoic, few representatives have been described from the Tertiary.
- 1976, Bernhard Grzimek, Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Evolution, page 265,
Synonyms
- (any species of Psychopsidae): silky lacewing
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