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Mesopsyche

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Taxonomy

Mesopsyche was named by Tillyard (1917). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Mesopsychidae.

It was assigned to Mesopsychidae by Tillyard (1917), Tillyard (1923), Riek (1956), Willmann (1978), Willmann (1989), Carpenter (1992), Nam and Kim (2014), Lambkin (2014), Lin et al. (2016) and Lian et al. (2021).

Species

M. javorskii, M. triareolata (syn. Aristopsyche superba, Neuropsyche elongata, Triassopsyche dunstani)

Synonyms

Bittacopanorpa was named by Zalessky (1935).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesopsyche by Bashkuev (2011).

It was assigned to Neorthophlebiidae by Zalessky (1935), Willmann (1978) and Carpenter (1992).
Triassopsyche was named by Tillyard (1917). Its type is Triassopsyche dunstani.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesopsyche by Riek (1956), Willmann (1978), Novokshonov (1997), Novokshonov and Sukacheva (2001) and Lambkin (2014).

It was assigned to Mesopsychidae by Tillyard (1917) and Tillyard (1923).
Aristopsyche was named by Tillyard (1919). Its type is Aristopsyche superba.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesopsyche by Riek (1956), Willmann (1978), Novokshonov (1997) and Lambkin (2014).

It was assigned to Mesopsychidae by Tillyard (1919) and Tillyard (1923).
Neuropsyche was named by Tillyard (1919). Its type is Neuropsyche elongata.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesopsyche by Riek (1956), Willmann (1978), Novokshonov (1997) and Lambkin (2014).

It was assigned to Mesopsychidae by Tillyard (1919) and Tillyard (1923).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1917	Mesopsyche Tillyard
1917	Triassopsyche Tillyard
1917	Mesopsyche Tillyard p. 181
1917	Triassopsyche Tillyard p. 182
1919	Aristopsyche Tillyard
1919	Neuropsyche Tillyard
1919	Aristopsyche Tillyard p. 200
1919	Neuropsyche Tillyard p. 203
1923	Aristopsyche Tillyard
1923	Mesopsyche Tillyard
1923	Neuropsyche Tillyard
1923	Triassopsyche Tillyard
1935	Bittacopanorpa Zalessky p. 688
1956	Mesopsyche Riek p. 100
1978	Mesopsyche Willmann p. 58
1978	Bittacopanorpa Willmann p. 91
1989	Mesopsyche Willmann p. 39
1992	Bittacopanorpa Carpenter
1992	Mesopsyche Carpenter
2014	Mesopsyche Lambkin p. 137
2014	Mesopsyche Nam and Kim p. 163
2016	Mesopsyche Lin et al. p. 3
2021	Mesopsyche Lian et al. p. 566

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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

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

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.

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]

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Norian or 251.90200 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian	251.902 - 250.5	Russian Federation (Kemerovo)	Bittacopanorpa javorskii (152754)
Norian	228.0 - 208.5	Australia (Queensland)	M. triareolata (153463 154205 162402 162405) M. triareolata, Triassopsyche dunstani, Aristopsyche superba, Neuropsyche elongata (111558)