Mesopanorpa enormis Lin 1986 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Alternative combination: Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) enormis

Full reference: Q. B. Lin. 1986. Early Mesozoic fossil insects from South China. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B 170:1-112

Belongs to Mesopanorpa according to Q. B. Lin 1986

See also Hong and Zhang 2007

Sister taxa: Mesopanorpa angarensis, Mesopanorpa brodiei, Mesopanorpa brooksorum, Mesopanorpa densa, Mesopanorpa fanshanensis, Mesopanorpa felix, Mesopanorpa formosa, Mesopanorpa gambra, Mesopanorpa hartungi, Mesopanorpa incerta, Mesopanorpa kuliki, Mesopanorpa kuschmurunensis, Mesopanorpa luanpingensis, Mesopanorpa maculata, Mesopanorpa martynovae, Mesopanorpa monstrosa, Mesopanorpa obtusa, Mesopanorpa praeangustipennis, Mesopanorpa tergenica, Mesopanorpa turgaica, Mesopanorpa umbrata, Mesopanorpa unica, Mesopanorpa unicolor, Mesopanorpa yaojiashanensis

Type specimen: NIGP 70077, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is KHG 201, Xiwan coal mine, Hezhou City, which is in a Toarcian terrestrial mudstone in the Shiti Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at KHG 201, Xiwan coal mine, Hezhou City

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