†Mesoses optata Riek 1976 (scorpionfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1976. A new collection of insects from the Upper Triassic of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(3):791-820
Belongs to Mesoses according to X. D. Lin et al. 2016
See also Riek 1976
Sister taxa: Mesoses gayndah, Mesoses magna
Type specimen: C-Dt II 774ab, a forewing (missing anal part ). Its type locality is Bird's River (C-Dt II), which is in a Carnian lacustrine - small shale in the Molteno Formation of South Africa.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bird's River (C-Dt II)
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