Mesopanorpa luanpingensis Hong 1983 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Alternative combinations: Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) luanpingensis, Orthophlebia luanpingensis

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1983. Middle Jurassic Fossil Insects in North China 1-223

Belongs to Mesopanorpa according to Y. J. Zhang et al. 2021

See also Hong 1983, Hong and Zhang 2007 and Zhang 1996

Sister taxa: Mesopanorpa angarensis, Mesopanorpa brodiei, Mesopanorpa brooksorum, Mesopanorpa densa, Mesopanorpa enormis, Mesopanorpa fanshanensis, Mesopanorpa felix, Mesopanorpa formosa, Mesopanorpa gambra, Mesopanorpa hartungi, Mesopanorpa incerta, Mesopanorpa kuliki, Mesopanorpa kuschmurunensis, Mesopanorpa maculata, Mesopanorpa martynovae, Mesopanorpa monstrosa, Mesopanorpa obtusa, Mesopanorpa praeangustipennis, Mesopanorpa tergenica, Mesopanorpa turgaica, Mesopanorpa umbrata, Mesopanorpa unica, Mesopanorpa unicolor, Mesopanorpa yaojiashanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zhouyingzi village, sample H7934, Luoping County, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Jiulongshan Formation of China

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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