Mesochorista tongchuanensis Lian et al. 2022 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Full reference: X. N. Lian, C. Y. Cai, and D. Y. Huang. 2022. New species of permochoristids (Insecta, Mecoptera) from the late Middle Triassic Tongchuan entomofauna in Shaanxi Province, northwestern China. Historical Biology 35:2005-2010

Belongs to Mesochorista according to X. N. Lian et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Mesochorista anglicana, Mesochorista asiatica, Mesochorista australica, Mesochorista blanda, Mesochorista bucera, Mesochorista fedotovi, Mesochorista generalis, Mesochorista ignota, Mesochorista ingloria, Mesochorista injuriosa, Mesochorista intercalaris, Mesochorista inverrucosa, Mesochorista javorskyi, Mesochorista kargalensis, Mesochorista minuta, Mesochorista nana, Mesochorista obsoleta, Mesochorista phipa, Mesochorista pinnigera, Mesochorista proavita, Mesochorista prospera, Mesochorista pudica, Mesochorista rohdendorfi, Mesochorista sinuata, Mesochorista stigmophylla, Mesochorista strictoptera, Mesochorista tomiensis, Mesochorista vasjuchitshevi, Mesochorista veteratoria, Mesochorista wolbromae, Permochorista nana, Liassochorista molesta, Liassochorista kenderlykensis, Liassochorista hebeiensis, Liassochorista utilis

Type specimen: NIGP177980, a forewing. Its type locality is Qishuihe outcrop, Hejiafang, Jinsuoguan Town, Tongchuan City, which is in a Longobardian lacustrine mudstone in the Yanchang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Qishuihe outcrop, Hejiafang, Jinsuoguan Town, Tongchuan City

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