†Sinopolycentropus rasnitsyni Shih et al. 2011 (scorpionfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae
Full reference: C. K. Shih, X. G. Yang, C. C. Labandeira and D. Ren. 2011. A new long-proboscid genus of Pseudopolycentropodidae (Mecoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of China and its plant-host specializations. ZooKeys 130:281-297
Belongs to Sinopolycentropus according to C. K. Shih et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CNU-MEC-NN-2010044, an exoskeleton (almost complete female). Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2010 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2010 collection)
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