†Mesopanorpodes shaanxiensis Hong et al. 2002 (scorpionfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Full reference: Y. C. Hong, X. R. Guo, and W. L. Wang. 2002. Middle Triassic new fossils of Mesopanorpodidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province, China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 27(2):278-283
Belongs to Mesopanorpodes according to Y. C. Hong et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Mesopanorpodes latus, Mesopanorpodes wianamattensis
Type specimen: TH99-1/1120, 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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