Discovery of fossil insects in the Tuodian Formation,central Yunnan

Two new species Mesoblattula tuodianensis sp.nov.and Neorthophlebia yunnanensis sp.nov.,as well as three other indeterminable species are for the first time found in the Lannijing and Jishanpo sec-tions of the Late Jurassic Tuodian Formation in central Yunnan Province,Southwest China,in2002.A-mong them the genus Neorthophlebia is found in China for the first time.These insects can be roughly correlated with the Houcheng Entomo fauna in North China.