Mesotaeniopteryx sinitsae Sinitshenkova 1987 (winter stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Taeniopterygidae

Full reference: N. D. Sinitshenkova. 1987. Istopicheskoe razvitie vesiyanok. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 221:1-142

Belongs to Mesotaeniopteryx according to N. D. Sinitshenkova 1987

Sister taxa: Mesotaeniopteryx elongata, Mesotaeniopteryx indefessa, Mesotaeniopteryx klapaleki, Mesotaeniopteryx semisessilis, Mesotaeniopteryx splendida, Mesotaeniopteryx turgida

Type specimen: PIN 3791/1227, a forewing. Its type locality is Bakhar outcrop 275/1 (PIN collection 3791), which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian lacustrine claystone in the Bakhar Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Bakhar outcrop 275/1 (PIN collection 3791)

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