Insecta - Mecoptera - Protorthophlebiidae

Alternative combination: Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) triassica

Full reference: Y. C. Hong, S. Chen, and S. T. Liu. 2002. Middle Triassic new fossils of Protorthophlebia Tillyard (Insecta: Mecoptera) from Tongchuan region, Shaanxi province, China. Entomologia Sinica 9(2):51-57

Belongs to Protorthophlebia according to A. Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2019

See also Hong et al. 2002 and Hong and Zhang 2007

Sister taxa: Protorthophlebia (Isophlebia), Protorthophlebia (Mecynophlebia), Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia), Protorthophlebia (Psomophlebia), Protorthophlebia aksaji, Protorthophlebia cuneata, Protorthophlebia curta, Protorthophlebia curvata, Protorthophlebia egloni, Protorthophlebia gracilis, Protorthophlebia hebes, Protorthophlebia ladinica, Protorthophlebia latipennis, Protorthophlebia lecta, Protorthophlebia macula, Protorthophlebia punctata, Protorthophlebia strigata, Protorthophlebia yanqingensis

Type specimen: TH99-1/CJ101, a wing (1 forewing & 2 hindwings). Its type locality is Tongchuan, which is in a Longobardian lacustrine mudstone in the Yanchang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Tongchuan

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