Insecta - Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 2005. Taxonomic names, in Revision of the bizarre Mesozoic scorpionflies in the Pseudopolycentropodidae (Mecopteroidea). Insect Systematics & Evolution 36:443-458

Belongs to Pseudopolycentropus according to J. F. Zhang 2005

Sister taxa: Pseudopolycentropus janeannae, Pseudopolycentropus latipennis, Pseudopolycentropus madygenicus, Pseudopolycentropus novokshonovi, Pseudopolycentropus obtusus, Pseudopolycentropus perlaeformis, Pseudopolycentropus triangularis, Pseudopolycentropus triasicus

Type specimen: NIGP DHG200301, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP 2003 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

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Average measurements (in mm): body length 7.50, forewing length 7.00