†Mesolyda lingyuanensis Ren 1995 (sawfly)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelydidae
Alternative combination: Alloxyelula lingyuanensis
Full reference: D. Ren. 1995. Insecta. Faunae and stratigraphy of Jurassic-Cretaceous in Beijing and the adjacent areas 47-121
Belongs to Mesolyda according to A. Taeger et al. 2010
See also Blank et al. 2009 and Ren 1995
Sister taxa: Mesolyda jurassica, Mesolyda sibirica
Type specimen: LL93001, an exoskeleton (complete wasp). Its type locality is Niehugou, Songzhangzi, Lingyuan City, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Niehugou, Songzhangzi, Lingyuan City
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