Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Alternative combination: Mesopsyche liaoi

Full reference: X. N. Lian, C. Y. Cai, and D. Y. Huang. 2021. New species of Mesopsyche Tillyard, 1917 (Mecoptera: Mesopsychidae) from the Triassic of northwestern China. Zootaxa 4995:565-572

Belongs to Turbidapsyche according to X. Lian and D. Huang 2024

See also Lian et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Turbidapsyche dobrokhotovae, Turbidapsyche gentica, Turbidapsyche hongi, Turbidapsyche incompleta, Turbidapsyche jinsuoguanensis, Turbidapsyche justa, Turbidapsyche ordinata, Turbidapsyche orientalis, Turbidapsyche shcherbakovi, Turbidapsyche sparsanota, Turbidapsyche tongchuanensis, Turbidapsyche tortiva

Type specimen: NIGP173366, a forewing. Its type locality is Near Korjay, Toksun County, which is in a Carnian terrestrial shale in the Huangshanjie Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Near Korjay, Toksun County

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