The first species of Thaumatomeropidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Middle Triassic of China Author Lian, Xin-Neng Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, MEC International Joint Laboratory for Palaeobiology and Palaeoenvironment, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China & Southwest United Graduate School, Kunming 650092, China Author Cai, Chen-Yang State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China Author Feng, Zhuo Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, MEC International Joint Laboratory for Palaeobiology and Palaeoenvironment, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China & Southwest United Graduate School, Kunming 650092, China Author Huang, Di-Ying State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-29 5396 1 16 21 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5396.1.5/52598 journal article 283452 10.11646/zootaxa.5396.1.5 d0eea1e9-ce1c-4bff-ad66-1a6c3db5f506 1175-5326 10441779 3ED20C81-5257-4892-A564-D49E10344942 Genus Thaumatomerope Rasnitsyn, 1974 Type species. Thaumatomerope sogdiana Rasnitsyn, 1974 Included species. Th . minuta Rasnitsyn, 1974 , Th . madygenica Rasnitsyn, 1974 , Th . oligoneura Rasnitsyn, 1974 , and Th . sinensis Lian & Huang , sp. nov. (this paper).