Pseudopolycentropodes Grimaldi and Fraser 2005 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae

Full reference: D. Grimaldi and N. C. Fraser. 2005. Taxonomic names, in Revision of the bizarre Mesozoic scorpionflies in the Pseudopolycentropodidae (Mecopteroidea). Insect Systematics & Evolution 36:443-458

Parent taxon: Pseudopolycentropodidae according to X. D. Zhao et al. 2020

See also Grimaldi and Fraser 2005

Sister taxa: Dualula, Parapolycentropus, Pseudopolycentropus, Sinopolycentropus

Subtaxa: Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus

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Type: Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (2: North Carolina collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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