†Permopsyche belmontensis Riek 1953
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Alternative combination: Mesopanorpodes belmontensis
Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1953. Fossil mecopteroid insects from the Upper Permian of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 23(2):55-87
Belongs to Permopsyche according to X. D. Lin et al. 2016
See also Bashkuev 2011, Novokshonov 1997, Riek 1953 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxa: Permopsyche issadensis, Permopsyche rasnitsyni, Permopsyche robustus
Type specimen: AM F40166, a forewing. Its type locality is Warner's Bay, Belmont (AMF coll), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.
Distribution: found only at Warner's Bay, Belmont (AMF coll)
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