Mesoses magna Riek 1976 (scorpionfly)

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 optata

Type specimen: C-Dt II 789ab, a forewing (anterior half of forewing). 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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