Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Full reference: Y. N. Lu, X. Y. Liu, and D. Ren. 2015. First record of the fossil snakefly genus Mesoraphidia (Insecta: Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3999:560-570
Belongs to Mesoraphidia according to Y. N. Lyu et al. 2017
See also Lu et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Mesoraphidia amoena, Mesoraphidia baekthoensis, Mesoraphidia durlstonensis, Mesoraphidia ednae, Mesoraphidia elongata, Mesoraphidia furcivenata, Mesoraphidia gobiensis, Mesoraphidia grandis, Mesoraphidia heteroneura, Mesoraphidia hilli, Mesoraphidia inaequalis, Mesoraphidia koreensis, Mesoraphidia longistigmosa, Mesoraphidia medialis, Mesoraphidia phantasma, Mesoraphidia polyphlebia, Mesoraphidia pterostigmalis, Mesoraphidia ryonsangensis, Mesoraphidia shangyuanensis, Mesoraphidia similis, Mesoraphidia sinica, Mesoraphidia websteri
Type specimen: CNU-RAP-NN-2015001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2015 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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