Eomerope macabeensis Archibald et al. 2005 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Eomeropidae

Full reference: S. B. Archibald, A. P. Rasnitsyn, and M. A. Akhmetiev. 2005. Ecology and distribution of Cenozoic Eomeropidae (Mecoptera), and a new species of Eomerope Cockerell from the Early Eocene McAbee locality, British Columbia, Canada. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98(4):503-514

Belongs to Eomerope according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Eomerope asiatica, Eomerope eonearctica, Eomerope pacifica, Eomerope simpkinsae, Eomerope tortriciformis

Type specimen: UCCIPRL-18F-826, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is McAbee (University College of the Cariboo TRU coll), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at McAbee (University College of the Cariboo TRU coll)

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