Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Synonyms: Aristopsyche superba Tillyard 1919, Mesopsyche superba Tillyard 1919, Neuropsyche elongata Tillyard 1919, Triassopsyche dunstani Tillyard 1917

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1917. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland No. 1 Planipennia, Trichoptera, and the new order Protomecoptera. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42(165):175-200

Belongs to Mesopsyche according to X. D. Lin et al. 2016

See also Lambkin 2014, Novokshonov 1997, Riek 1956, Tillyard 1917, Tillyard 1919, Tillyard 1923 and Willmann 1978

Sister taxon: Mesopsyche javorskii

Type specimens:

• Mesopsyche triareolata: AM F.39233, a forewing. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.
• Aristopsyche superba: AM F.39263, a wing. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.
• Neuropsyche elongata: AM F.39272, a wing. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.
• Triassopsyche dunstani: AM F.39228, a forewing. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

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