Mesoraphidia phantasma Engel et al. 2006 (snakefly)

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae

Alternative combination: Mesoraphidia phantosma

Full reference: M. S. Engel, J. D. Lim, and K. S. Baek. 2006. Fossil snakeflies from the Early Cretaceous of southern Korea (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 2006(4):249-256

Belongs to Mesoraphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015

See also Engel et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Mesoraphidia amoena, Mesoraphidia baekthoensis, Mesoraphidia daohugouensis, Mesoraphidia durlstonensis, Mesoraphidia ednae, Mesoraphidia elongata, Mesoraphidia furcivenata, Mesoraphidia gobiensis, Mesoraphidia grandis, Mesoraphidia heteroneura, Mesoraphidia hilli, Mesoraphidia inaequalis, Mesoraphidia koreensis, Mesoraphidia longistigmosa, Mesoraphidia medialis, Mesoraphidia polyphlebia, Mesoraphidia pterostigmalis, Mesoraphidia ryonsangensis, Mesoraphidia shangyuanensis, Mesoraphidia similis, Mesoraphidia sinica, Mesoraphidia websteri

Type specimen: KS-5030, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Hotan-Dong, Jinju City, which is in an Albian lacustrine - large shale in the Jinju Formation of South Korea.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Hotan-Dong, Jinju City

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