Mesoraphidia furcivenata Ren 1995 (snakefly)

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae

Alternative combination: Mioraphidia furcivenata

Full reference: D. Ren. 1995. Insecta. Faunae and stratigraphy of Jurassic-Cretaceous in Beijing and the adjacent areas 47-121

Belongs to Mesoraphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015

See also Engel 2002, Ren 1995 and Ren 1997

Sister taxa: Mesoraphidia amoena, Mesoraphidia baekthoensis, Mesoraphidia daohugouensis, Mesoraphidia durlstonensis, Mesoraphidia ednae, Mesoraphidia elongata, 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: BL913001, a forewing. Its type locality is Chongqing Reservoir, west hills, Beijing, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Lushangfen Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Chongqing Reservoir, west hills, Beijing

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