Full reference: Q. Wang, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2013. The earliest case of extreme sexual display with exaggerated male organs by two Middle Jurassic mecopterans. PLoS One 8(8):e71378
Parent taxon: Mecoptera according to X. Lian 2026
See also Li et al. 2017, Wang et al. 2013 and Wang et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Aneuretopsychina, Anormochoristidae, Belmontiidae, Boreidae, Choristopsychidae, Cyclopterinidae, Englathaumatidae, Eobanksiidae, Eumecoptera, Holcorpidae, Kalochorista, Kaltanidae, Liassopanorpa, Mecaenigma, Mendozachoristidae, Mesopsychoidea, Miriholcorpa, Nannomecoptera, Necropsis, Neorthophlebopsis, Paramecoptera, Paratrichoptera, Permocentropidae, Permochoristidae, Permopanorpidae, Permotanyderidae, Permotipulidae, Pistillifera, Protodiptera, Protomecoptera, Reprehensa, Sibiriothaumatidae, Sinoagetopanorpidae, Solusipanorpa, Thaumatomeropidae, Volitorididae, Worcestobiidae, Xinjiangia, Yanorthophlebia
Subtaxa: Fortiholcorpa paradoxa
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2012 collection) (Jurassic of China)
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