Pseudopolycentropus triasicus Papier et al. 1996 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae

Full reference: F. Papier, A. Nel, and L. Grauvogel-Stamm. 1996. Deux nouveaux insectes Mecopteroidea du Buntsandstein supérieur (Trias) des Vosges (France). Paleontologia Lombarda 5:37-45

Belongs to Pseudopolycentropus according to A. Bashkuev et al. 2012

See also Papier et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Pseudopolycentropus daohugouensis, Pseudopolycentropus janeannae, Pseudopolycentropus latipennis, Pseudopolycentropus madygenicus, Pseudopolycentropus novokshonovi, Pseudopolycentropus obtusus, Pseudopolycentropus perlaeformis, Pseudopolycentropus triangularis

Type specimen: 5509, a forewing (well preserved forewing). Its type locality is Arzviller, which is in an Aegean delta plain claystone/siltstone in the Grès à Voltzia Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of France (2 collections), Germany (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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