Mesopanorpa obtusa Bode 1953 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Alternative combinations: Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) obtusa, Synorthophlebia obtusa

Full reference: A. Bode. 1953. Die Insektenfauna des Ostniedersachsischen Oberen Lias. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 103:1-375

Belongs to Mesopanorpa according to R. Willmann 1978

See also Bode 1953 and Hong and Zhang 2007

Sister taxa: Mesopanorpa angarensis, Mesopanorpa brooksorum, Mesopanorpa felix, Mesopanorpa formosa, Mesopanorpa gambra, Mesopanorpa hartungi, Mesopanorpa incerta, Mesopanorpa kuschmurunensis, Mesopanorpa maculata, Mesopanorpa martynovae, Mesopanorpa praeangustipennis, Mesopanorpa tergenica, Mesopanorpa turgaica, Mesopanorpa umbrata, Mesopanorpa unica, Mesopanorpa unicolor

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Hondelage, Braunschweig (Jurassic of Germany)

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