Insecta - Mecoptera - Protorthophlebiidae
Alternative combination: Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) latipennis
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1933. The Panorpoid complex in the British Rhaetic and Lias. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 3:1-79
Belongs to Protorthophlebia according to A. Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2019
See also Hong et al. 2002, Hong and Zhang 2007, Huang et al. 1991, Lin 1986, Martynova 1948, Tillyard 1933, Willmann 1978 and Zhang 1996
Sister taxa: Protorthophlebia (Isophlebia), Protorthophlebia (Mecynophlebia), Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia), Protorthophlebia (Psomophlebia), Protorthophlebia aksaji, Protorthophlebia cuneata, Protorthophlebia curta, Protorthophlebia egloni, Protorthophlebia hebes, Protorthophlebia ladinica, Protorthophlebia lecta, Protorthophlebia macula, Protorthophlebia punctata, Protorthophlebia strigata, Protorthophlebia triassica, Protorthophlebia yanqingensis
Type specimen: BMNH I 10482, a forewing. Its type locality is Binton, Warwickshire (Brodie coll), which is in a Hettangian marine shale/limestone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (3 collections), Kyrgyzstan (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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