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Mesopanorpa densa

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Mesopanorpa densa was named by Zhang (1996). Its type specimen is 58SK15/K1, a forewing (forewing without anal region), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Tuzigou, Badaowan Fm, Karamay, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial sandstone in the Badaowan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) densa by Hong and Zhang (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Mesopanorpa densa Zhang p. 450 figs. 3; Pl I fig 6
2007Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) densa Hong and Zhang p. 31
2021Mesopanorpa densa Zhang et al. p. 3 figs. 3a,b,g,h; S3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
Panorpomorpha
Panorpina
Panorpini
superfamilyPanorpoidea
familyOrthophlebiidae()
genusMesopanorpa
speciesdensa

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.

Mesopanorpa densa Zhang 1996
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Diagnosis
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