Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Full reference: T. P. Gao, C. K. Shih, C. C. Labandeira, J. A. Santiago-Blay, Y. Z. Yao and D. Ren. 2016. Convergent evolution of ramified antennae in insect lineages from the Early Cretaceous of northeastern China. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283:20161448

Belongs to Vitimopsyche according to T. P. Gao et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Vitimopsyche kozlovi, Vitimopsyche pristina, Vitimopsyche torta

Type specimen: CNU-MEC-LB2012088, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2012 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2012 collection

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