Englathauma mellishae Novokshonov et al. 2016 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Englathaumatidae

Full reference: V. G. Novokshonov, A. J. Ross, W. Krzemiński and A. Soszyńska-Maj. 2016. Taxonomic names, in A new family of scorpionflies (Insecta; Mecoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England. Cretaceous Research 62:44-51

Belongs to Englathauma according to V. G. Novokshonov et al. 2016

Sister taxon: Englathauma crabbi

Type specimen: NHMUK II.1396a,b, a wing. Its type locality is Smokejacks Brickworks, which is in a Barremian pond claystone/siltstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Smokejacks Brickworks

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