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Orthophlebia pictipennis

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Orthophlebia pictipennis was named by Tillyard (1933). Its type specimen is BMNH I 11678, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Forthampton (Brodie collection), which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Orthophlebia (Orthophlebia) pictipennis by Hong and Zhang (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Orthophlebia pictipennis Tillyard p. 40 figs. Fig 14
1948Orthophlebia pectipennis Martynova p. 55 fig. 40
1978Orthophlebia pictipennis Willmann p. 78
2007Orthophlebia (Orthophlebia) pictipennis Hong and Zhang p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
Panorpomorpha
Panorpina
Panorpini
superfamilyPanorpoidea
familyOrthophlebiidae()
subfamilyOrthophlebiinae
genusOrthophlebia
speciespictipennis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Orthophlebia pictipennis Tillyard 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Planorbis or 208.50000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Orthophlebia pictipennis (type locality: 115223)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Orthophlebia pictipennis (123982)