Cimbrophlebia flabelliformis Archibald 2009 (hangingfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Cimbrophlebiidae

Full reference: S. B. Archibald. 2009. New Cimbrophlebiidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Early Eocene at McAbee, British Columbia, Canada and Republic, Washington, USA. Zootaxa 2249:51-62

Belongs to Cimbrophlebia according to X. Zhang et al. 2015

See also Archibald 2009

Sister taxa: Cimbrophlebia amoena, Cimbrophlebia bittaciformis, Cimbrophlebia brooksi, Cimbrophlebia gracilenta, Cimbrophlebia leahyi, Cimbrophlebia rara, Cimbrophlebia westae

Type specimen: UCCIPR L-18 F-763, a wing. Its type locality is McAbee (University College of the Cariboo TRU coll), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at McAbee (University College of the Cariboo TRU coll)

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