Mesopanorpa maculata Handlirsch 1939

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Alternative combination: Synorthophlebia maculata

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1939. Neue Untersuchungen über die fossilen Insekten mit Ergänzungen und Nachträgen sowie Ausblicken auf phylogenetische, palaeogeographische und allgemein biologische Probleme. II Teil. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 49:1-240

Belongs to Mesopanorpa according to R. Willmann 1978

See also Handlirsch 1939 and Martynova 1948

Sister taxa: Mesopanorpa angarensis, Mesopanorpa brodiei, Mesopanorpa brooksorum, Mesopanorpa densa, Mesopanorpa enormis, Mesopanorpa fanshanensis, Mesopanorpa felix, Mesopanorpa formosa, Mesopanorpa gambra, Mesopanorpa hartungi, Mesopanorpa incerta, Mesopanorpa kuliki, Mesopanorpa kuschmurunensis, Mesopanorpa luanpingensis, Mesopanorpa martynovae, Mesopanorpa monstrosa, Mesopanorpa obtusa, Mesopanorpa praeangustipennis, Mesopanorpa tergenica, Mesopanorpa turgaica, Mesopanorpa umbrata, Mesopanorpa unica, Mesopanorpa unicolor, Mesopanorpa yaojiashanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany

Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection)

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