Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Synonyms: Metaxybittacus vittatus Bode 1953, Neorthophlebia minor Handlirsch 1906
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Belongs to Neorthophlebia according to J. Ansorge 1996
See also Bode 1953, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1939 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxa: Neorthophlebia acutipennis, Neorthophlebia debilis, Neorthophlebia medialis, Neorthophlebia megapolitana, Neorthophlebia nana, Neorthophlebia pallida, Neorthophlebia robusta, Neorthophlebia simillima, Neorthophlebia stigmatica, Neorthophlebia unica, Neorthophlebia yunnanensis
Type specimens:
- Neorthophlebia maculipennis: GPI EMAU 122/58, a forewing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Metaxybittacus vittatus:
- Neorthophlebia minor: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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