†Xuraphidia liaoxiensis Hong 1992 (snakefly)
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Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1992. The study of Early Cretaceous Coleoptera, Raphidioptera, Diptera (Insecta) of Kezuo, west Liaoning Province. Acta Geologica Gansu 1:1-11
Belongs to Xuraphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015
See also Engel 2002 and Hong 1992
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Lv81024, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Xiwan village, Meileyingzi, Kezuo, which is in an Aptian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Shahai Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Xiwan village, Meileyingzi, Kezuo
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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