Orthophlebia Westwood 1845 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Synonyms: Callopanorpa Handlirsch 1906, Orthophlebiites Handlirsch 1939, Orthophlebioides Handlirsch 1906, Synorthophlebia Handlirsch 1939

Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1845. Taxonomic names. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130

Parent taxon: Orthophlebiinae according to A. Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2019

See also Ansorge 1996, Bode 1953, Carpenter 1992, Enderlein 1910, Handlirsch 1906, Kopeć et al. 2018, Lin 1982, Martynov 1927, Martynov 1937, Martynova 1948, Ren 1997, Tillyard 1933, Ueda 1991, Whalley 1985, Willmann 1978, Willmann 1984, Zhang 1996 and Zhang et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) Orthophlebia (Mesopanorpa) Orthophlebia (Orthophlebia) Orthophlebia (Parisophlebia) Orthophlebia aequalis Orthophlebia anglica Orthophlebia angustata Orthophlebia bella Orthophlebia bifurcata Orthophlebia bolboica Orthophlebia brunsvicensis Orthophlebia capillata Orthophlebia chinensis Orthophlebia colorata Orthophlebia compacta Orthophlebia confusa Orthophlebia curta Orthophlebia deformis Orthophlebia effusa Orthophlebia elenae Orthophlebia elongata Orthophlebia exculpta Orthophlebia extensa Orthophlebia fallerslebensis Orthophlebia fracta Orthophlebia furcata Orthophlebia fuscipennis Orthophlebia germanica Orthophlebia gracilis Orthophlebia gubini Orthophlebia heidemariae Orthophlebia intermedia Orthophlebia jejuna Orthophlebia karabonica Orthophlebia laesa Orthophlebia latebrosa Orthophlebia latipennisimilis Orthophlebia lauta Orthophlebia liadis Orthophlebia liaoningensis Orthophlebia liassica Orthophlebia limnophila Orthophlebia lithographica Orthophlebia longicauda Orthophlebia maculata Orthophlebia mongolica Orthophlebia nana Orthophlebia nervulosa Orthophlebia obunca Orthophlebia parvula Orthophlebia phryganoides Orthophlebia pictipennis Orthophlebia pulchra Orthophlebia pygmaea Orthophlebia quadrimacula Orthophlebia radialis Orthophlebia retorrida Orthophlebia rossica Orthophlebia rotundipennis Orthophlebia shartegica Orthophlebia shurabica Orthophlebia speciosa Orthophlebia stigmatica Orthophlebia varia Orthophlebia venosa Orthophlebia vernacula Orthophlebia vicina Orthophlebia yangjuanxiangensis Orthophlebia yaogouensis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic of China (16), Germany (11), Kazakhstan (8), Kyrgyzstan (6), Mongolia (5), the Russian Federation (5), the United Kingdom (6)

• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3)

• Triassic of China (1), the United Kingdom (11)

Total: 77 collections including 123 occurrences

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