Insecta - Mecoptera - Protorthophlebiidae
Alternative combinations: Mesopanorpa obscura, Orthophlebioides obscura, Orthophlebioides obscurus
Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1925. To the knowledge of fossil insects from Jurassic beds in Turkestan. 3. Hymenoptera, Mecoptera. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR 19(16-17):753-762
Belongs to Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) according to Y. C. Hong and X. R. Guo 2010
See also Hong and Zhang 2007, Martynov 1925, Martynov 1937, Martynova 1948, Willmann 1978 and Zhang 1996
Sister taxa: Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) badaowanica, Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) karamayiensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Karatau-Galkino (PIN collection 1789), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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