Umenocoleus nervosus Zhang 1997 (winged insect)

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Full reference: H. C. Zhang. 1997. Early Cretaceous insects from the Dalazi Formation of the Zhixin basin, Jilin Province, China. Palaeoworld 7:75-103

Belongs to Umenocoleus according to C. H. Luo et al. 2022

See also Luo et al. 2022 and Zhang 1997

Sister taxa: Umenocoleus minimus, Umenocoleus sinuatus

Type specimen: NIGP 124653, an elytra. Its type locality is Zhixin Forest Farm, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Dalazi Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Zhixin Forest Farm

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