Mesoraphidia ryonsangensis Ri et al. 2021 (snakefly)

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae

Full reference: C. J. Ri, C. G. Won, K. S. So and M. S. Ho. 2021. New snakeflies (Insecta: Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Sinuiju Formation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Cretaceous Research 132(105105)

Belongs to Mesoraphidia according to C. J. Ri et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Mesoraphidia amoena, Mesoraphidia baekthoensis, Mesoraphidia daohugouensis, Mesoraphidia durlstonensis, Mesoraphidia ednae, Mesoraphidia elongata, Mesoraphidia furcivenata, Mesoraphidia gobiensis, Mesoraphidia grandis, Mesoraphidia heteroneura, Mesoraphidia hilli, Mesoraphidia inaequalis, Mesoraphidia koreensis, Mesoraphidia longistigmosa, Mesoraphidia medialis, Mesoraphidia phantasma, Mesoraphidia polyphlebia, Mesoraphidia pterostigmalis, Mesoraphidia shangyuanensis, Mesoraphidia similis, Mesoraphidia sinica, Mesoraphidia websteri

Type specimen: CKGP 20200821-E, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ryonsang-dong, Sinuiju City, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sinuiju Formation of North Korea.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Ryonsang-dong, Sinuiju City

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