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Issue: Vol. 8 No. 5: October 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-10-31
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.8.5.3
Page range: 480-482
Abstract views: 65
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Redescription of the only known Korean specimen of Turbidapsyche dobrokhotovae (Novokshonov, 1997) from the Amisan Formation

Oxford University Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, UK
Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, MEC International Joint Laboratory for Palaeobiology and Palaeoenvironment, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China; Southwest United Graduate School, Kunming 650092, China; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Gongju National University of Education, Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do 32553, Republic of Korea
Mesopsychidae Mecoptera Triassic taxonomy

Abstract

The mecopteran family Mesopsychidae is characterized primarily by an elongated siphonate proboscis, which likely enabled its members to feed on and pollinate Mesozoic gymnosperms (e.g., Labandeira et al., 2007; Ren et al., 2009). However, many species and fossil specimens from this family are known only from isolated wings, making it difficult to generalize their paleoecology (Lian et al., 2024).

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