Name: Insecta; Mecoptera (Scorpionfly)
Age: Lower Cretaceous (~125 m.y.a.)
Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch):21 mm long . Matrix: 95 mm by 69 mm
Location: Yixian Formation, Chao Yang, Liaoning Province of China
Code: BCF011
Price: $85.00 - Sold
 Description:
The Class Insecta is well represented in Liaoning and Hebei Provinces
of China, with over 500 species referable to over 100 families
based
upon over 10,000 specimens. This fantastic diversity and exquisite
detail is unprecedented throughout the world. This example is a
member
of the Mecoptera, or Scorpionflies. Notice the long snoutlike structure
which is diagnostic of the Mecoptera. This one is a female as it
lacks
the "stingerlike" genatalia of the male that gives these
insects their common name.This is a fine specimen with incredible
detail preserved in the wings which includes preserved color spots.
This is a fine, rarely-offered insect from the dim past of 125 million
years ago. |
