Choristopsyche perfecta Qiao et al. 2013 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Choristopsychidae

Full reference: X. Qiao, C. K. Shih, J. F. Petrulevičius and D. Ren. 2013. Fossils from the Middle Jurassic of China shed light on morphology of Choristopsychidae (Insecta, Mecoptera). ZooKeys 318:91-111

Belongs to Choristopsyche according to X. Qiao et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Choristopsyche asticta, Choristopsyche tenuinervis

Type specimen: CNU-MEC-NN2011082, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiulongshan Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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