Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Alternative combination: Alloraphidia deserta
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1988. Novye Mezozojskie Nasekomye. Novye Iskopaemykh Bespozvonochnykh Mongolii, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya 33:71-80
Belongs to Pararaphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015
See also Engel 2002, Ponomarenko 1988, Ponomarenko 1993 and Willmann 1994
Sister taxon: Pararaphidia vitimica
Type specimen: PIN 3559/2748, a wing (fore & hindwing). Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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