ammonites
Zoropsocus karataviensis Vishnyakova 1981 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Lophioneuridae

Full reference: V. N. Vishnyakova. 1981. Novye Paleozojskie i Mezozojskie lofionevridy (Thripida, Lophioneuridae) [New Palaeozoic and Mesozoic lophioneurids (Thripida, Lophioneuridae)]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 183:43-63

Belongs to Zoropsocus according to V. N. Vishnyakova 1981

Sister taxa: Zoropsocus acuminatus, Zoropsocus affinis, Zoropsocus anomalus, Zoropsocus delicatulus, Zoropsocus itschetuensis, Zoropsocus karaungirensis, Zoropsocus karpenkoae, Zoropsocus latus, Zoropsocus longipennis, Zoropsocus magnus, Zoropsocus parvulus, Zoropsocus pilosus, Zoropsocus sibiricus, Zoropsocus stanleyi, Zoropsocus tomiensis

Type specimen: PIN 2066/3810, a wing. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakstan.

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Average measurements (in mm): forewing 2.00 x 0.80, hindwing 1.70 x 0.60