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Lichnomesopsyche prochorista

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Taxonomy
Lichnomesopsyche prochorista was named by Lin et al. (2016). Its type specimen is CNU-MEC-NN-2015002, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2015 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Lichnomesopsyche prochorista Lin et al. p. 8 figs. 4-7

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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
speciesprochorista

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 prochorista Lin et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available