†Mesosa laxa Zhang 1989 (longhorned beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459
Belongs to Mesosa according to J. F. Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Mesosa (Aplocnemia), Mesosa expansa, Mesosa jasonis, Mesosa longiuscula, Mesosa soteria, Mesosa transversa, Mesosa viaria, Sinocaralosoma expansa, Sinocalosoma longicornuta
Type specimen: 820001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3
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