Malmocimbrophlebia Bechly and Schweigart 2000 (hangingfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Cimbrophlebiidae

Full reference: G. Bechly and G. Schweigart. 2000. The first fossil hanging flies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Raptipedia: Cimbrophlebiidae and Bittacidae) from the limestones of Solnhofen and Nusplingen (Upper Jurassic, Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 287:1-18

Parent taxon: Cimbrophlebiidae according to X. Zhang et al. 2015

See also Bechly and Schweigart 2000

Sister taxa: Bellicimbrophlebia, Cimbrophlebia, Juracimbrophlebia, Mirorcimbrophlebia, Perfecticimbrophlebia, Telobittacus

Subtaxa: Malmocimbrophlebia buergeri

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Type: Malmocimbrophlebia buergeri

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (SMNS collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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