Mesotaeniopteryx turgida 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 sinitsae, Mesotaeniopteryx splendida

Type specimen: PIN 4024/58, a forewing. Its type locality is Tushilga locality (PIN Collection 4024), which is in an Aalenian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Khamarkhoburinskaya Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tushilga locality (PIN Collection 4024)

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