Lichnomesopsyche prochorista Lin et al. 2016 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Full reference: X. D. Lin, M. J. H. Shih, C. C. Labandeira and D. Ren. 2016. New data from the Middle Jurassic of China shed light on the phylogeny and origin of the proboscis in the Mesopsychidae (Insecta: Mecoptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(1):1-22

Belongs to Lichnomesopsyche according to X. D. Lin et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis, Lichnomesopsyche gloriae

Type specimen: CNU-MEC-NN-2015002, 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: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2015 collection)

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