Mesosciophila antiqua Hao and Ren 2009 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Mesosciophilidae

Alternative combination: Mesoplecia antiqua

Full reference: J. Y. Hao and D. Ren. 2009. Middle Jurassic Protopleciidae from Daohougou, Inner Mongolia, China (Insecta, Diptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 34:554-559

Belongs to Mesosciophila according to X. Q. Lin et al. 2015

See also Hao and Ren 2009

Sister taxa: Mesosciophila abstracta, Mesosciophila eucalla, Mesosciophila sigmoidea, Mesosciophila venosa

Type specimen: CNU-DIP-D-NN2008096, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection)

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