Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Alternative combination: Mesoraphidia glossophylla
Full reference: D. Ren. 1997. Studies on the late Mesozoic snake-flies of China (Raphidoiptera: Baissopteridae, Mesoraphidiidae, Alloraphidiidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 22:172-188
Belongs to Caloraphidia according to Y. N. Lyu et al. 2020
See also Bechly and Wolf-Schwenninger 2011, Engel 2002, Lu et al. 2015 and Ren 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LB95118, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Beipiao City, unspecified locality (GMC Beijing coll), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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