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Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Taxonomy
Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis was named by Ren et al. (2010). Its type specimen is CNU-M-NN2005022, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2005 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Ren et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis Ren et al. p. 723 figs. Pl 4; text-fig 2
2016Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis Lin et al. p. 11 fig. 8,9
2021Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis Lian et al. p. 794 fig. 3

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

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.

Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis Ren et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
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