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Issue: Vol. 3999 No. 4: 12 Aug. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-08-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.4.6
Page range: 560–570
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the fossil snakefly genus Mesoraphidia (Insecta: Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China, with description of a new species

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Change, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Raphidioptera Mesoraphidiinae taxonomy Daohugou Mesozoic

Abstract

Mesoraphidia daohugouensis sp. nov. is described from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. It is diagnosed by the following character states: subquadrate pronotum, narrowly elliptical forewing, distally darkened pterostigma closed respectively by a proximal costal crossvein and a distal radial veinlet, absence of pterostigmal crossvein. The new species represents the first record of Mesoraphidiinae from the Middle Jurassic of China.