Aneuretopsychidae Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990

Ren, Dong, Shih, ChungKun & Labandeira, Conrad C., 2011, A well-preserved aneuretopsychid from the Jehol Biota of China (Insecta, Mecoptera, Aneuretopsychidae), ZooKeys 129, pp. 17-28 : 18

Family Aneuretopsychidae Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990

Type genus:

Aneuretopsyche Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990

Emended diagnosis.

Moderate-sized insects, mouthpart position most probably opisthognathous; hypognathous placement possible. Adults have a remarkably prolonged, siphonate proboscis, its exterior covered with well-developed dense hairs or microtrichia arranged in distinct annulae; terminus surrounded by a distinctive, lobed, fleshy pseudolabellum. Antennae distinctly longer than proboscis, multiarticulate; articles covered with annulate hairs. Forewing elongate. Sc with multiple branches. Both Rs and MA bifurcating; MP 4-branched. CuA single or probably bifurcating. Hindwing distinctly broader than forewing. Hairs on legs arranged in distinctive rings.

Included genera.

In addition to the type genus, Jeholopsyche gen. n.