Worcestobia haradai Ueda 1991 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Worcestobiidae

Alternative combinations: Orthophlebia (Orthophlebia) haradai, Orthophlebia haradai

Full reference: K. Ueda. 1991. A Triassic fossil of scorpion fly from Mine, Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 10:99-103

Belongs to Worcestobia according to A. SoszyƄska-Maj et al. 2018

See also Hong and Zhang 2007 and Ueda 1991

Sister taxon: Worcestobia gigantea

Type specimen: KMNH IP 000, 002, a forewing (left forewing). Its type locality is Okubata, Omine Area, which is in a Carnian terrestrial shale in the Momonoki Formation of Japan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Okubata, Omine Area

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