Pronymphes

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Pronymphes
Temporal range: Priabonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Nymphidae
Genus: Pronymphes
Krüger, 1923
Species
  • Pronymphes mengeana Krüger, 1923
  • Pronymphes hoffeinsorum Archibald, Makarkin & Ansorge, 2009

Pronymphes is an extinct genus of lacewing which existed during the Eocene period.[1] It contains two species, Pronymphes mengeana and P. hoffeinsorum.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b S. Bruce Archibald, Vladimir N. Makarkin & Jörg Ansorge (2009). "New fossil species of Nymphidae (Neuroptera) from the Eocene of North America and Europe" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2157: 59–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2157.1.4.