Mirorcimbrophlebia daohugouensis Yang et al. 2013 (hangingfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Cimbrophlebiidae

Full reference: X. G. Yang, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2013. New fossil hangingflies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Raptipedia: Cimbrophlebiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Palaeontology 56:711-726

Belongs to Mirorcimbrophlebia according to X. Zhang et al. 2015

See also Yang et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CNU-M-NN2010026, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2010 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2010 collection)

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