Family Eomeropidae Cockerell 1909 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Eomeropidae

Alternative spelling: Eomeropinae

Synonym: Notiothaumidae Ebsen-Petersen 1915

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Descriptions of Tertiary Insects, VI. American Journal of Science, Series 4 27(161):381-387

Parent taxon: Eomeropina according to R. Willmann 1987

See also Archibald et al. 2005, Carpenter 1972, Carpenter 1992, Willmann 1978 and Willmann 1981

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Blattomeropinae Burmothauma Eomerope Jurachorista Jurathauma Pronotiothauma Tsuchingothauma Typhothauma

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Type: Eomerope

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)

• Eocene of Canada (2: British Columbia), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Colorado)

• Cretaceous of China (2), Myanmar (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic of China (3), the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of Kyrgyzstan (1)

Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences

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