Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Synonyms: Mioraphidia Ren 1997, Phiradia Willmann 1994, Xynoraphidia Ren 1997
Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1925. To the knowledge of fossil insects from Jurassic beds in Turkestan. 1. Raphidioptera. Izvestiya Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk 19(6-8):233-246
Parent taxon: Mesoraphidiinae according to Y. N. Lyu et al. 2020
See also Bechly and Wolf-Schwenninger 2011, Carpenter 1992, Engel 2002, Jepson et al. 2011, Lu et al. 2015, Lyu et al. 2017, Martynov 1925, Ponomarenko 1988, Ren 1997 and Whalley 1988
Sister taxa: Alavaraphidia, Allocotoraphidia, Amarantoraphidia, Baisoraphidia, Beipiaoraphidia, Caloraphidia, Cretinocellia, Grammoraphidia, Huaxiaraphidia, Iberoraphidia, Jilinoraphidia, Kezuoraphidia, Necroraphidia, Ororaphidia, Proraphidia, Siboptera, Sinoraphidia, Stenoraphidia, Styporaphidia, Xuraphidia, Yanoraphidia
Subtaxa: Mesoraphidia amoena Mesoraphidia baekthoensis Mesoraphidia daohugouensis Mesoraphidia durlstonensis Mesoraphidia ednae Mesoraphidia elongata Mesoraphidia furcivenata Mesoraphidia gobiensis Mesoraphidia grandis Mesoraphidia heteroneura Mesoraphidia hilli Mesoraphidia inaequalis Mesoraphidia koreensis Mesoraphidia longistigmosa Mesoraphidia medialis Mesoraphidia phantasma Mesoraphidia polyphlebia Mesoraphidia pterostigmalis Mesoraphidia ryonsangensis Mesoraphidia shangyuanensis Mesoraphidia similis Mesoraphidia sinica Mesoraphidia websteri
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (5 collections), North Korea (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Korea (1), the United Kingdom (5)
• Jurassic of China (2), Kazakhstan (3), Mongolia (1)
Total: 19 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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