Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Alternative combinations: Alloraphidia obliquivenatica, Mesoraphidia obliquivenatica
Full reference: D. Ren. 1994. A new discovery of snake-flies (Insecta) from Late Jurassic of Beipiao, Liaoning. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 25:131-140
Belongs to Stenoraphidia according to Y. N. Lyu et al. 2018
See also Engel 2002, Lu et al. 2015 and Ren 1994
Sister taxon: Stenoraphidia longioccipitalis
Type specimen: GMC Sh006, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Near Chaomidian Village (GMC Beijing coll), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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