Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Full reference: V. G. Novokshonov and I. D. Sukacheva. 2001. Fossil Scorpionflies of the "Suborder" Paratrichoptera (Insecta: Mecoptera). Paleontological Journal 35:173-182
Parent taxon: Mesopsychidae according to T. P. Gao et al. 2016
See also Lin et al. 2016, Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001 and Ren et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Baissopsyche, Epicharmesopsyche, Ferghanopsyche, Lichnomesopsyche, Mesopanorpodes, Mesopsyche, Mesoses, Permopsyche, Ptychopteropsis, Sogdopsyche, Tarantogus, Tipulidites, Turanopsyche, Turbidapsyche, Undisca, Xinjiangia, Austrochoristella, Allochorista, Longifurcula, Ladinochorista, Mesotanyderus, Forcinerva, Afristella, Triassochoristites, Prochoristella
Subtaxa: Vitimopsyche kozlovi Vitimopsyche pectinella Vitimopsyche pristina Vitimopsyche torta
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic of China (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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