Typhothauma Ren and Shih 2005 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Eomeropidae

Full reference: D. Ren and C. K. Shih. 2005. The first discovery of fossil eomeropids from China (Insecta, Mecoptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 30(2):275-280

Parent taxon: Eomeropidae according to X. Lian 2026

See also Bashkuev and Jarzembowski 2023, Ren and Shih 2005 and Zhang et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Blattomeropinae, Burmothauma, Eomerope, Jurachorista, Jurathauma, Pronotiothauma, Tsuchingothauma

Subtaxa: Typhothauma agari Typhothauma excelsa Typhothauma yixianensis

view classification

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.