Lichnomesopsyche is an extinct genus of mesopsychid mecopteran which existed in what is now China during the middle Jurassic period. It was found in the Daohugou Bed.^[1] It was named by Ren Dong, Conrad C. Labandeira and Shih ChungKun in 2010.^[1] Three species have been named, which can be distinguished by their differing male genitalia.^[2]

Lichnomesopsyche Temporal range: Callovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mecoptera
Family:	†Mesopsychidae
Genus:	†LichnomesopsycheRen et al., 2010 Species L. gloriae Ren et al., 2010 L. daohugouensis Ren et al., 2010 L. prochorista Lin et al, 2016 References edit ^ a b Ren Dong; Conrad C. Labandeira; Shih ChungKun (2010). "New Mesozoic Mesopsychidae (Mecoptera) from Northeastern China". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (4): 720–731. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00244.x. S2CID 86743175. ^ Lian, Xinneng; Cai, Chenyang; Huang, Diying (July 2021). "Revision of the long-proboscid scorpionflies, Lichnomesopsyche Ren, Labandeira, and Shih, 2010". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (4): 793–799. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.21. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 233677629.