†Mesopanorpodes latus Sun and Hong 2011 (scorpionfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Full reference: X. L. Sun and Y. C. Hong. 2011. Midtriassic species of Mesopanorpodidae (Insecta, Mecoptera) from Shaanxi, China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 36(1):26-28
Belongs to Mesopanorpodes according to X. L. Sun and Y. C. Hong 2011
Sister taxa: Mesopanorpodes shaanxiensis, Mesopanorpodes wianamattensis
Type specimen: 83TH-1/028, a forewing. Its type locality is Tongchuan, which is in a Longobardian lacustrine mudstone in the Yanchang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Tongchuan
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