Mesopsyche Tillyard 1917 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Synonyms: Aristopsyche Tillyard 1919, Bittacopanorpa Zalessky 1935, Neuropsyche Tillyard 1919, Triassopsyche Tillyard 1917

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1917. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland No. 1 Planipennia, Trichoptera, and the new order Protomecoptera. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42(165):175-200

Parent taxon: Mesopsychidae according to X. N. Lian et al. 2021

See also Bashkuev 2011, Carpenter 1992, Lambkin 2014, Lin et al. 2016, Nam and Kim 2014, Novokshonov 1997, Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001, Riek 1956, Tillyard 1917, Tillyard 1919, Tillyard 1923, Willmann 1978, Willmann 1989 and Zalessky 1935

Sister taxa: Baissopsyche, Epicharmesopsyche, Ferghanopsyche, Lichnomesopsyche, Mesopanorpodes, Mesoses, Permopsyche, Ptychopteropsis, Sogdopsyche, Tarantogus, Tipulidites, Turanopsyche, Turbidapsyche, Undisca, Vitimopsyche, Xinjiangia, Triassochoristites, Afristella, Mesotanyderus, Austrochoristella, Longifurcula, Ladinochorista, Forcinerva, Allochorista, Prochoristella

Subtaxa: Mesopsyche javorskii Mesopsyche triareolata

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (5 collections), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences

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