Pseudopolycentropus janeannae Ren et al. 2010 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae

Full reference: D. Ren, C. Shih, and C. C. Labandeira. 2010. New Jurassic Pseudopolycentropodids from China (Insecta: Mecoptera). Acta Geologica Sinica 84(1):22-30

Belongs to Pseudopolycentropus according to X. D. Lin et al. 2019

See also Ren et al. 2009 and Ren et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Pseudopolycentropus daohugouensis, Pseudopolycentropus latipennis, Pseudopolycentropus madygenicus, Pseudopolycentropus novokshonovi, Pseudopolycentropus obtusus, Pseudopolycentropus perlaeformis, Pseudopolycentropus triangularis, Pseudopolycentropus triasicus

Type specimen: CNU-M-NN2005001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2005 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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