†Ororaphidia bifurcata Lyu et al. 2017 (snakefly)
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Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Full reference: Y. N. Lyu, D. Ren, and X. Y. Liu. 2017. Review of the fossil snakefly family Mesoraphidiidae (Insecta: Raphidioptera) in the Middle Jurassic of China, with description of a new species. Alcheringa 41:403-412
Belongs to Ororaphidia according to Y. N. Lyu et al. 2017
Sister taxon: Ororaphidia megalocephala
Type specimen: CNU-RAP-NN-2016016, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2016 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2016 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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