Itaphlebia exquisita Liu et al. 2010 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Nannochoristidae

Full reference: N. Liu, Y. Y. Zhao, and D. Ren. 2010. Two new fossil species of Itaphlebia (Mecoptera: Nannochoristidae) from Jiulongshan Formation, Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 2420:37-45

Belongs to Itaphlebia according to Y. Z. Cao et al. 2022

See also Cao et al. 2016 and Liu et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Itaphlebia amoena, Itaphlebia completa, Itaphlebia decorosa, Itaphlebia elegana, Itaphlebia generosa, Itaphlebia jeniseica, Itaphlebia laeta, Itaphlebia longiovata, Itaphlebia multa, Itaphlebia procera, Itaphlebia reducta, Itaphlebia ruderalis, Itaphlebia sharovi

Type specimen: CNU-MEC-NN2009145, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2009 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2009 collection)

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