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Mesopsychidae

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Mesopsychidae Tillyard
1918Mesopanorpidae Tillyard
1918Mesopanorpodidae Tillyard
1918Mesopanorpidae Tillyard p. 746
1919Mesopsychidae Tillyard
1923Mesopsychidae Tillyard
1937Mesopsychidae Martynov p. 29
1955Mesopanorpodidae Riek p. 669
1974Mesopanorpodidae Riek p. 22
1976Mesosetidae Riek p. 816
1978Mesopanorpodidae Willmann p. 55
1978Mesopsychidae Willmann p. 58
1992Mesopanorpodidae Carpenter
1992Mesopsychidae Carpenter
1997Mesopsychidae Novokshonov
2003Mesopanorpodidae Hong and Guo p. 716
2007Mesopanorpodidae Hong p. 261
2009Mesopsychidae Ren et al.
2020Mesopsychidae Zhao et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
superfamilyMesopsychoidea
familyMesopsychidae
familyMesopsychidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Mesopsychidae Tillyard 1917
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G. †Baissopsyche Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001
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Baissopsyche pura Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001
G. †Epicharmesopsyche Shih et al. 2013
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Epicharmesopsyche pentavenulosa Shih et al. 2013
G. †Ferghanopsyche Martynov 1937
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Ferghanopsyche rotundata Martynov 1937
G. †Lichnomesopsyche Ren et al. 2010
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Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis Ren et al. 2010
Lichnomesopsyche gloriae Ren et al. 2010
Lichnomesopsyche prochorista Lin et al. 2016
G. †Mesopanorpodes Tillyard 1918
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Mesopanorpodes latus Sun and Hong 2011
Mesopanorpodes shaanxiensis Hong et al. 2002
Invalid names: Mesopanorpa Tillyard 1918 [replaced]
G. †Mesopsyche Tillyard 1917
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Mesopsyche javorskii Zalessky 1935
Mesopsyche triareolata Tillyard 1917
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Invalid names: Aristopsyche superba Tillyard 1919 [synonym], Neuropsyche elongata Tillyard 1919 [synonym], Triassopsyche dunstani Tillyard 1917 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aristopsyche Tillyard 1919 [synonym], Bittacopanorpa Zalessky 1935 [synonym], Neuropsyche Tillyard 1919 [synonym], Triassopsyche Tillyard 1917 [synonym]
G. †Mesoses Riek 1976
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Mesoses gayndah Lambkin 2014
Mesoses magna Riek 1976
Mesoses optata Riek 1976
G. †Permopsyche Bashkuev 2011
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Permopsyche issadensis Bashkuev 2011
Permopsyche rasnitsyni Bashkuev 2011
Permopsyche robustus Riek 1953
G. †Ptychopteropsis Martynov 1937
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Ptychopteropsis mirabilis Martynov 1937
G. †Sogdopsyche Martynov 1937
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Sogdopsyche elongata Martynov 1937
Sogdopsyche indistincta Martynov 1937
G. †Tarantogus Sukatsheva 1985
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Tarantogus obscurus Sukatsheva 1985
Tarantogus opiparus Sukatsheva 1985
Tarantogus sibiricus Novokshonov 1997
G. †Tipulidites Wieland 1925
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Tipulidites affinis Wieland 1925
G. †Turanopsyche Martynov 1937
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Turanopsyche venosa Martynov 1937
G. †Turbidapsyche Lian and Huang 2024
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Turbidapsyche dobrokhotovae Novokshonov 1997
Turbidapsyche gentica Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001
Turbidapsyche hongi Lian and Huang 2024
Turbidapsyche incompleta Bashkuev 2011
Turbidapsyche jinsuoguanensis Lian et al. 2021
Turbidapsyche justa Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001
Turbidapsyche liaoi Lian et al. 2021
Turbidapsyche ordinata Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001
Turbidapsyche orientalis Lian and Huang 2024
Turbidapsyche shcherbakovi Novokshonov 1997
Turbidapsyche sparsanota Lian and Huang 2024
Turbidapsyche tortiva Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001
G. †Undisca Sukacheva 1990
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Undisca dobrokhotovae Sukacheva 1990
G. †Vitimopsyche Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001
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Vitimopsyche kozlovi Ren et al. 2010
Vitimopsyche pectinella Gao et al. 2016
Vitimopsyche pristina Lin et al. 2016
Vitimopsyche torta Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001
G. †Xinjiangia Hong 1983
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Invalid names: Mesopanorpodidae Tillyard 1918 [synonym], Mesosetidae Riek 1976 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Aptian or 259.90000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Vologda) Permopsyche sp., Permopsyche issadensis, Permopsyche rasnitsyni (104754)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Australia (New South Wales) Permochorista belli (122422) Prochoristella megaloprepia, Mesopanorpodes belmontensis, Mesopanorpodes robustus, Prochoristella anagaura, Prochoristella exilis, Prochoristella pusilla, Prochoristella belli, Prochoristella concinna (122433) Prochoristella sp. (107958)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation Mesopsychidae indet. (118028)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Prochoristella balgowanensis (14356) Prochoristella bulwerensis (14361)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation (Vologda) Mesopanorpodes sp. (105046)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17South Africa (Natal) Prochoristella sp. (124845) Prochoristella sp., Mesochorista channingi, Prochoristella hartmani (124428)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation (Vladimir) Mesopsyche incompleta (113351)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Bittacopanorpa javorskii (152754)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France Prochoristella pilosa (107681)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Australia (Queensland) Mesoses gayndah (154203)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Australia (New South Wales) Mesopanorpa wianamattensis (111683)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Prochoristella ignara (106090) Prochoristella longa (110766) Prochoristella longa, Mesopsyche justa, Mesopsyche ordinata, Mesopsyche tortiva (105007) Prochoristella longa, Mesopsyche shcherbakovi, Mesopsyche justa, Mesopsyche gentica (106088) Prochoristella longa, Prochoristella ignara, Mesopsyche shcherbakovi, Mesopsyche justa, Mesopsyche tortiva, Prochoristella vicina (110763)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Shaanxi) Itaphlebia tongchuanensis, Longifurcula hejiafangensis, Allochorista erdosensis, Ladinochorista lata, Mesopanorpodes latus, Forcinerva tongchuanensis, Mesopanorpodes shaanxiensis (117138) Prochoristella sp., Mesopsyche jinsuoguanensis, Turbidapsyche sp., Turbidapsyche tongchuanensis, Turbidapsyche orientalis, Turbidapsyche sparsanota, Turbidapsyche hongi (183209) Triassochoristites jinsuoguanensis (123778)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Argentina (Mendoza) Tipulidites affinis (84244)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) Afristella delicatula (23134) Mesoses optata, Mesoses magna (115196)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Xinjiang) Mesopsyche liaoi (221078)
Norian228.0 - 208.5South Korea Mesopsyche dobrokhotovae (125392)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Ukraine (Kharkiv) Mesopsyche dobrokhotovae (105057)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Australia (Queensland) Mesopsyche triareolata (153463 154205 162402 162405) Mesopsyche triareolata, Triassopsyche dunstani, Aristopsyche superba, Neuropsyche elongata (111558) Prochoristella whitehousei, Mesotanyderus jonesi (106484)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Germany Mesotanyderus sp. (123417)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7China (Jilin) Prochoristella shuangyangensis (228881)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Kyrgyzstan Ferghanopsyche rotundata, Sogdopsyche elongata, Sogdopsyche indistincta (114702) Ptychopteropsis mirabilis, Turanopsyche venosa (114703)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1China (Xinjiang) Xinjiangia tashidianensis (154835)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Tarantogus opiparus, Tarantogus obscurus, Tarantogus sibiricus (118010)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Epicharmesopsyche pentavenulosa (117610) Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis, Lichnomesopsyche prochorista, Vitimopsyche pristina (172659) Lichnomesopsyche gloriae, Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis (113371 113376)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Lichnomesopsyche sp. (105426) Mesopsychidae indet. (106101)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Hebei) Sogdocyche zhouyingziensis (154788)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation (Chita) Undisca dobrokhotovae (123197)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Hebei) Vitimopsyche kozlovi (117452)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Vitimopsyche pectinella (138325)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Mongolia (Selenginskij) Baissopsyche pura (123425)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Baissopsyche pura (105536) Lichnomesopsyche sp. (113350) Vitimopsyche torta (105969)