Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Alternative combination: Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) monstrosa

Full reference: H. C. Zhang. 1996. Mesozoic Insects of Orthophlebiidae (Insecta, Mecoptera) from Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 35(4):442-456

Belongs to Mesopanorpa according to H. C. Zhang 1996

See also Hong and Zhang 2007

Sister taxa: Mesopanorpa angarensis, Mesopanorpa brodiei, Mesopanorpa brooksorum, Mesopanorpa densa, Mesopanorpa enormis, Mesopanorpa fanshanensis, Mesopanorpa felix, Mesopanorpa formosa, Mesopanorpa gambra, Mesopanorpa hartungi, Mesopanorpa incerta, Mesopanorpa kuliki, Mesopanorpa kuschmurunensis, Mesopanorpa luanpingensis, Mesopanorpa maculata, Mesopanorpa martynovae, Mesopanorpa obtusa, Mesopanorpa praeangustipennis, Mesopanorpa tergenica, Mesopanorpa turgaica, Mesopanorpa umbrata, Mesopanorpa unica, Mesopanorpa unicolor, Mesopanorpa yaojiashanensis

Type specimen: 92-T-47/K1, a forewing (2 overlapping forewings). Its type locality is Tuzigou, Badaowan Fm, Karamay, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial sandstone in the Badaowan Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Tuzigou, Badaowan Fm, Karamay

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