Epicharmesopsyche pentavenulosa Shih et al. 2013 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Full reference: C. K. Shih, X. Qiao, C. C. Labandeira and D. Ren. 2013. A new mesopsychid (Mecoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 87:1235-1241

Belongs to Epicharmesopsyche according to X. D. Lin et al. 2016

See also Shih et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CNU-MEC-NN2011095, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiulongshan Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection)

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