Prochoristella shuangyangensis Lian et al. 2020 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Full reference: X. N. Lian, C. Y. Cai, and D. Y. Huang. 2020. A new mesopanorpodid scorpionfly (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Mesozoic of Jilin Province, northeastern China. Palaeoentomology 3:574-577

Belongs to Prochoristella according to X. N. Lian et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Prochoristella anagaura, Prochoristella balgowanensis, Prochoristella belli, Prochoristella bulwerensis, Prochoristella channingi, Prochoristella concinna, Prochoristella exilis, Prochoristella hartmani, Prochoristella ignara, Prochoristella longa, Prochoristella megaloprepia, Prochoristella pilosa, Prochoristella pusilla, Prochoristella vicina

Type specimen: NIGP173909, a hindwing. Its type locality is South Mine of Bamianshi Coal Mine, Shuangyang District, which is in a Jurassic fluvial-lacustrine siltstone in the Xiaofengmidingzi Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at South Mine of Bamianshi Coal Mine, Shuangyang District

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