Eomerope simpkinsae Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2018 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Eomeropidae

Full reference: S. B. Archibald and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2018. Two new species of fossil Eomerope (Mecoptera: Eomeropidae) from the Ypresian Okanagan Highlands, far-western North America, and Eocene Holarctic dispersal of the genus. The Canadian Entomologist 150:393-403

Belongs to Eomerope according to S. B. Archibald and A. P. Rasnitsyn 2018

Sister taxa: Eomerope asiatica, Eomerope eonearctica, Eomerope macabeensis, Eomerope pacifica, Eomerope tortriciformis

Type specimen: RBCM.EH2017.003.0001.001, a forewing. Its type locality is Black Mine Road, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large shale in the Allenby Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Black Mine Road

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