Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Full reference: J. Jepson, J. Ansorge, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2011. New snakeflies (Insecta: Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of the UK, Spain and Brazil. Palaeontology 54(2):385-395
Belongs to Mesoraphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015
See also Jepson et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Mesoraphidia amoena, Mesoraphidia baekthoensis, Mesoraphidia daohugouensis, Mesoraphidia durlstonensis, Mesoraphidia elongata, Mesoraphidia furcivenata, Mesoraphidia gobiensis, Mesoraphidia grandis, Mesoraphidia heteroneura, Mesoraphidia hilli, Mesoraphidia inaequalis, Mesoraphidia koreensis, Mesoraphidia longistigmosa, Mesoraphidia medialis, Mesoraphidia phantasma, Mesoraphidia polyphlebia, Mesoraphidia pterostigmalis, Mesoraphidia ryonsangensis, Mesoraphidia shangyuanensis, Mesoraphidia similis, Mesoraphidia sinica, Mesoraphidia websteri
Type specimen: MNEMG 2009.42 (AY36a,b), a forewing. Its type locality is Auclaye Brickworks (MNEMG collection), which is in a Hauterivian lagoonal claystone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Auclaye Brickworks (MNEMG collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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