†Mengea Grote 1886 (twisted-winged parasite)
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Insecta - Strepsiptera - Mengeidae
Synonym: Triaena Menge 1866 [replaced name]
Full reference: A. R. Grote. 1886. Book Notice. Systematic review of fossil myriopods, arachnids and insects: by Samuel H. Scudder. The Canadian Entomologist 18:100
Parent taxon: Mengeidae according to M. S. Engel and D. Y. Huang 2016
See also Carpenter 1992, Grote 1886, Kinzelbach and Pohl 1994 and Kulicka 1979
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Mengea mengei Mengea tertiaria
Type: Triaena tertiaria
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (3 collections), the Russian Federation (5)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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