Platyperla mendosa Sinitshenkova 1995 (stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Platyperlidae

Full reference: N. D. Sinitshenkova. 1995. New late Mesozoic stoneflies from Shara-Teeg, Mongolia (Insecta: Perlida-Plecoptera). Paleontological Journal 29(4):93-104

Belongs to Platyperla according to N. D. Sinitshenkova 1995

Sister taxa: Platyperla admissa, Platyperla caudiculata, Platyperla conferta, Platyperla kingi, Platyperla marquati, Platyperla parricidalis, Platyperla platypoda, Platyperla propera, Platyperla rigida

Type specimen: PIN 4270/281, a nymph. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270)

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