†Afristella delicatula Riek 1974 (scorpionfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1974. Upper Triassic Insects from the Molteno "Formation", South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 17:19-31
Belongs to Afristella according to R. Willmann 1978
See also Riek 1974
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: C-K.K. I 9, a forewing. Its type locality is Konings Kroon (Rooipoort) (Kon 111) a, which is in a Carnian fluvial-lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Molteno Formation of South Africa.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Konings Kroon (Rooipoort) (Kon 111) a
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