Mesotaeniopteryx Martynov 1937 (winter stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Taeniopterygidae

Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1937. Liassic insects from Shurab and Kisyl-Kiya, Part I, Various orders except Blattodea and Coleoptera. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 7:1-178

Parent taxon: Taeniopterygidae according to F. M. Carpenter 1992

See also Martynov 1937, Sinitshenkova 1985, Sinitshenkova 1987 and Sinitshenkova 1992

Sister taxa: Brachypterainae, Gurvanopteryx, Jurataenionema, Mengitaenioptera, Noviramonemoura, Positopteryx, Protaenionema, Taeniopteryginae

Subtaxa: Mesotaeniopteryx elongata Mesotaeniopteryx indefessa Mesotaeniopteryx klapaleki Mesotaeniopteryx semisessilis Mesotaeniopteryx sinitsae Mesotaeniopteryx splendida Mesotaeniopteryx turgida

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Type: Mesotaeniopteryx elongata

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan (2), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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