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Mesopsyche triareolata

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Taxonomy

Mesopsyche triareolata was named by Tillyard (1917). Its type specimen is AM F.39233, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

Synonyms

Triassopsyche dunstani was named by Tillyard (1917). Its type specimen is AM F.39228, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Triassopsyche.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesopsyche triareolata by Riek (1956), Willmann (1978) and Lambkin (2014).
Aristopsyche superba was named by Tillyard (1919). Its type specimen is AM F.39263, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Aristopsyche.

It was recombined as Mesopsyche superba by Novokshonov (1997); it was synonymized subjectively with Mesopsyche triareolata by Riek (1956), Willmann (1978) and Lambkin (2014).
Neuropsyche elongata was named by Tillyard (1919). Its type specimen is AM F.39272, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Neuropsyche.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesopsyche triareolata by Riek (1956), Willmann (1978) and Lambkin (2014).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1917	Mesopsyche triareolata Tillyard p. 182 figs. Fig 2; Pl Viii fig 1
1917	Triassopsyche dunstani Tillyard p. 184 figs. Fig 3 Pl vii fig 2
1919	Aristopsyche superba Tillyard p. 202 figs. Fig 25
1919	Neuropsyche elongata Tillyard p. 204 figs. Fig 26
1923	Aristopsyche superba Tillyard
1923	Mesopsyche triareolata Tillyard
1923	Neuropsyche elongata Tillyard
1923	Triassopsyche dunstani Tillyard
1956	Mesopsyche triareolata Riek p. 101 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1978	Mesopsyche triareolata Willmann p. 59
1997	Mesopsyche superba Novokshonov
2014	Mesopsyche triareolata Lambkin p. 137 figs. 1-13
2016	Mesopsyche triareolata Lin et al. p. 3

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Mecoptera	Packard 1886
superfamily	Mesopsychoidea
family	Mesopsychidae
genus	Mesopsyche
species	triareolata

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.

†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]

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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Norian	228.0 - 208.5	Australia (Queensland)	Mesopsyche triareolata (153463 154205 162402 162405) Mesopsyche triareolata, Triassopsyche dunstani, Aristopsyche superba, Neuropsyche elongata (type locality: 111558)