Site Update: British Purbeck and Wealden Fossil Neuropterids, and described insects

I have recently added pages on the neuropterid fauna of the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck and Wealden, UK. They give a brief introduction to the geology of each deposit as well as a list of the recorded neuropterids (Neuroptera, Raphidioptera, Megaloptera). In addition to the taxa list, there is also information on where each specimen was collected: stratigraphy and locality. These lists will be continuously updated when new material is discovered. The pages will also evolve over time, adding more in-depth information about the insects and deposits.

In addition, I have also added a page listing all the taxa I have been involved in describing, which again will be updated to include newly described species.

Below is a selection of images of Purbeck and Wealden neuropterids (Top row: left: Cretapsychops corami (Wealden),  right: Psychopsites rolandi (Wealden). Middle row: Mesoraphidia durlstonensis (Purbeck). Bottom row: Sophogramma wimbledoni (Purbeck)).

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