Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Alternative combinations: Archeraphidia polyphlebia, Xynoraphidia polyphlebia
Full reference: D. Ren. 1994. A new discovery of snake-flies (Insecta) from Late Jurassic of Beipiao, Liaoning. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 25:131-140
Belongs to Mesoraphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015
See also Engel 2002, Ren 1994 and Ren 1997
Sister taxa: Mesoraphidia amoena, Mesoraphidia baekthoensis, Mesoraphidia daohugouensis, Mesoraphidia durlstonensis, Mesoraphidia ednae, Mesoraphidia elongata, Mesoraphidia furcivenata, Mesoraphidia gobiensis, Mesoraphidia grandis, Mesoraphidia heteroneura, Mesoraphidia hilli, Mesoraphidia inaequalis, Mesoraphidia koreensis, Mesoraphidia longistigmosa, Mesoraphidia medialis, Mesoraphidia phantasma, Mesoraphidia pterostigmalis, Mesoraphidia ryonsangensis, Mesoraphidia shangyuanensis, Mesoraphidia similis, Mesoraphidia sinica, Mesoraphidia websteri
Type specimen: GMC Sh016, an exoskeleton
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Near Chaomidian Village (GMC Beijing coll) (Cretaceous of China)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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