Mengitaenioptera Liu and Ren 2008 (winter stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Taeniopterygidae

Full reference: Y. S. Liu and D. Ren. 2008. Two new Jurassic stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China. Progress in Natural Science 18:1038-1042

Parent taxon: Taeniopterygidae according to Y. S. Liu and D. Ren 2008

Sister taxa: Brachypterainae, Gurvanopteryx, Jurataenionema, Mesotaeniopteryx, Noviramonemoura, Positopteryx, Protaenionema, Taeniopteryginae

Subtaxa: Mengitaenioptera multiramis

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Type: Mengitaenioptera multiramis

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU collection) (Jurassic of China)

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