Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cephidae
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1968. Noviye Mezozoyskiye Pilil'shchiki (Hymenoptera, Symphata) [New Mesozoic Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphata)]. Yurskoy Nasekomiye Karatau [Jurassic Insects of Karatau] 190-236
Belongs to Mesocephus according to D. S. Kopylov and A. P. Rasnitsyn 2016
See also Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2015, Rasnitsyn 1968 and Taeger et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Mesocephus brachycerus, Mesocephus leleji
Type specimen: PIN 1989/2608, a wing. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1989), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 1989)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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