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458:-like in appearance and habits. It is nocturnal, and scuttles on the forest floor, where it can be collected by laying trails of oatmeal. The larvae are still unknown. Because this is the last extant species of Eomeropidae,
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Zhang J-X, Shih C-K, PetruleviÄius JF, Ren D (2011) A new fossil eomeropid (Insecta, Mecoptera) from the
Jiulongshan Formation, Inner Mongolia, China. Zoosystema 33(4): 443â450.
928:"Phylogenetic relationships within the relict family Eomeropidae (Insecta, Mecoptera) based on the oldest fossil from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) of Dorset, southern England"
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Archibald, S. Bruce, Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn, and
Mikhail A. Akhmetiev. "Ecology and distribution of Cenozoic Eomeropidae (Mecoptera), and a new species of
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Cockerell from the Early Eocene McAbee locality, British
Columbia, Canada." Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98.4 (2005): 503-514.
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J. X. Zhang, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2012. A new fossil eomeropid (Insecta, Mecoptera) from the Yixian
Formation, Liaoning, China.
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Zhang, Yanjie; Labandeira, Conrad C.; Yu, Jiamiao; Shih, Chungkun; Ren, Dong; Gao, Taiping (2024-07-23).
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D. Ren and C. K. Shih. 2005. The first discovery of fossil eomeropids from China (Insecta, Mecoptera).
825:"The first discovery of Eomeropidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Lower Jurassic of northwestern China"
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There are six extinct genera and one monotypic living genus which have been placed in
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Eomeropids have been suggested to be most closely related to the also poorly diverse and relictual
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SoszyĹska-Maj, Agnieszka; KrzemiĹski, WiesĹaw; KopeÄ, Katarzyna; Coram, Robert A. (2016).
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of Dorset, England, is currently considered to be one of the oldest members of the family.
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Zhao, Xiangdong; Zhao, Xianye; Chen, Lei; Zhang, Qi; Wang, Bo (December 2019).
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Zhang, Kai; Zhao, Xiangdong; Bashkuev, Alexey S.; Xiao, Chuantao (2022-01-07).
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Wang, Haoyi; Yao, Zongquan; Wang, Jun; Li, Qi; Yang, Jiangfeng (2023-08-29).
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427:is known from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)
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356:, and Paleocene to Oligocene strata of
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364:is not known in the fossil record,
1828:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
771:Zhang Junxia; et al. (2011).
435:is known from the Middle Jurassic
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1885:Extant Triassic first appearances
383:is known from the mid Cretaceous
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502:known from the Early Cretaceous
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400:Known from the Early Jurassic,
1222:(Tasmanian snow scorpionflies)
1:
1346:(chigoe and sticktight fleas)
944:10.1080/14772019.2016.1139007
894:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105140
837:10.1080/08912963.2023.2250821
1214:(earwigflies or forcepflies)
1026:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.10.005
406:Charmouth Mudstone Formation
1605:Classification is based on
1264:(short-faced scorpionflies)
398:SoszyĹska-Maj, et al., 2016
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462:can be characterized as a
431:of Xinjiang, China, while
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332:This genus is known from
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119:Scientific classification
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282:of aberrant, flattened
1256:(common scorpionflies)
1824:related article is a
1787:Paleobiology Database
1607:Whiting, M. F. (2002)
1484:Hystrichopsyllomorpha
1230:(snow scorpionflies)
354:Florissant Formation
298:forests in southern
1511:Hystrichopsylloidea
1493:Stephanocircidoidea
882:Cretaceous Research
1524:Hystrichopsyllidae
1438:Ceratophyllomorpha
1357:Ancistropsylloidea
829:Historical Biology
504:Dabeigou Formation
429:Badaowan Formation
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1220:Apteropanorpidae
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1204:Notiothauma reedi
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1077:10.1111/jse.13121
978:10.5252/z2011n4a2
938:(12): 1025â1031.
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378:Zhang at al. 2022
350:Allenby Formation
331:
292:, known from the
289:Notiothauma reedi
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111:Notiothauma reedi
30:SinemurianâRecent
16:Family of insects
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1393:Malacopsylloidea
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1534:Macropsylloidea
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1470:Xiphiopsyllidae
1460:Ischnopsyllidae
1455:Ceratophyllidae
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1401:Malacopsyllidae
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