Protopanorpa media Novokshonov 1993 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Alternative combination: Protopanorpoides medius

Full reference: V. G. Novokshonov. 1993. New and little known Permian scorpion flies (Insecta, Mecoptera = Panorpida) of the family Agetopanorpidae from Perm and Arkhangel'sk oblasts. Paleontological Journal 27(1A):70-89

Belongs to Protopanorpa according to V. G. Novokshonov 1998

See also Novokshonov 1993 and Novokshonov 1997

Sister taxa: Protopanorpa elongata, Protopanorpa longicubitalis, Protopanorpa minuta, Protopanorpa permiana, Protopanorpa similis, Protopanorpoides minutus

Type specimen: PIN 1700/2275, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Chekarda, Sylva River (PIN collection 1700), which is in a Kungurian deltaic siliciclastic in the Koshelevka Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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