Insecta - Pterygota - Mesoraphidiidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 212018

Alternative combination: Alloraphidia deserta

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1988. Novye Mezozojskie Nasekomye. Novye Iskopaemykh Bespozvonochnykh Mongolii, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya 33:71-80

Belongs to Pararaphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015

Sister taxon: Pararaphidia vitimica

Type specimen: PIN 3559/2748, a wing (fore & hindwing). Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

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Average measurements (in mm): forewing 9.50 x 3.00, hindwing length 9.00