Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae

Full reference: J. E. Jepson and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2008. Two new species of snakefly (Insecta: Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Spain with a review of other fossil raphidiopterans from the Jurassic/Cretaceous transition. Alavesia 2:193-201

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

See also Jepson and Jarzembowski 2008

Sister taxa: Proraphidia anisomorpha, Proraphidia hopkinsi, Proraphidia jepsoni, Proraphidia turkestanica, Proraphidia yixianensis

Type specimen: L.29, an exoskeleton (piece of thorax and overlapping fore and hind wings). Its type locality is Santa Maria de Meya, main quarry, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Santa Maria de Meya, main quarry

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