Lichnomesopsyche Temporal range: Callovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mecoptera |
Family: | †Mesopsychidae |
Genus: | †Lichnomesopsyche Ren et al., 2010 |
Species | |
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Lichnomesopsyche is an extinct genus of mesopsychid mecopteran which existed in what is now China during the middle Jurassic period. It was found in the Daohugou Bed. It was named by Ren Dong, Conrad C. Labandeira and Shih ChungKun in 2010. Three species have been named, which can be distinguished by their differing male genitalia.
References
- ^ Ren Dong; Conrad C. Labandeira; Shih ChungKun (2010). "New Mesozoic Mesopsychidae (Mecoptera) from Northeastern China". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (4): 720–731. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00244.x. S2CID 86743175.
- Lian, Xinneng; Cai, Chenyang; Huang, Diying (July 2021). "Revision of the long-proboscid scorpionflies, Lichnomesopsyche Ren, Labandeira, and Shih, 2010". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (4): 793–799. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.21. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 233677629.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Lichnomesopsyche |
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