Thaumatomerope sinensis Lian and Huang 2023 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Thaumatomeropidae

Full reference: X. N. Lian and D. Y. Huang. 2023. Taxonomic names, in The first species of Thaumatomeropidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Middle Triassic of China. Zootaxa 5396:16-21

Belongs to Thaumatomerope according to X. N. Lian and D. Y. Huang 2023

Sister taxa: Thaumatomerope madygenica, Thaumatomerope minuta, Thaumatomerope oligoneura, Thaumatomerope sogdiana

Type specimen: NIGP203509, a wing. 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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