Mesotaeniopteryx elongata 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

Belongs to Mesotaeniopteryx according to N. D. Sinitshenkova 1987

See also Martynov 1937

Sister taxa: Mesotaeniopteryx indefessa, Mesotaeniopteryx klapaleki, Mesotaeniopteryx semisessilis, Mesotaeniopteryx sinitsae, Mesotaeniopteryx splendida, Mesotaeniopteryx turgida

Type specimen: PIN 976/4, a forewing. Its type locality is Shurab II, Ditch 63 (TSNIGRI collection 976), which is in a Toarcian terrestrial horizon in the Sulyukta Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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