Protorthophlebia strigata Zhang 1996 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Protorthophlebiidae

Alternative combination: Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) strigata

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 Protorthophlebia according to A. SoszyƄska-Maj et al. 2019

See also Hong and Zhang 2007 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 latipennis, Protorthophlebia lecta, Protorthophlebia macula, Protorthophlebia punctata, Protorthophlebia triassica, Protorthophlebia yanqingensis

Type specimen: 93-HE-2/K1, 2, a forewing. Its type locality is Harsala, Xishanyao Fm, which is in an Aalenian/Bajocian fluvial mudstone/mudstone in the Xishanyao Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Harsala, Xishanyao Fm

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