Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Full reference: D. Ren, C. C. Labandeira, and C. K. Shih. 2010. New Mesozoic Mesopsychidae (Mecoptera) from northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 84(4):720-731
Parent taxon: Mesopsychidae according to X. Lian 2026
See also Lian et al. 2021, Lin et al. 2016, Ren et al. 2009 and Ren et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Baissopsyche, Epicharmesopsyche, Ferghanopsyche, Mesopanorpodes, Mesopsyche, Mesoses, Permopsyche, Prochoristella, Ptychopteropsis, Sogdopsyche, Tarantogus, Tipulidites, Turanopsyche, Turbidapsyche, Undisca, Vitimopsyche, Mesotanyderus, Afristella, Triassochoristites, Forcinerva, Austrochoristella, Allochorista, Longifurcula, Ladinochorista
Subtaxa: Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis Lichnomesopsyche gloriae Lichnomesopsyche prochorista
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Jurassic of China (3), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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