Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1955. Fossil insects from the Triassic beds at Mt. Crosby, Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 3(4):654-691
Parent taxon: Mesopanorpodidae according to R. Willmann 1978
See also Carpenter 1992 and Riek 1955
Sister taxa: Baissopsyche, Epicharmesopsyche, Ferghanopsyche, Lichnomesopsyche, Mesopanorpodes, Mesopsyche, Mesoses, Permopsyche, Ptychopteropsis, Sogdopsyche, Tarantogus, Tipulidites, Turanopsyche, Undisca, Vitimopsyche, Xinjiangia, Prochoristella, Austrochoristella, Allochorista, Longifurcula, Afristella, Ladinochorista, Forcinerva, Triassochoristites
Subtaxa: Mesotanyderus jonesi
Type: Mesotanyderus jonesi
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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