Insecta - Mecoptera - Cimbrophlebiidae

Full reference: C. Wang, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2014. A new fossil hangingfly (Mecoptera: Cimbrophlebiidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Acta Geologica Sinica 88:29-34

Belongs to Cimbrophlebia according to X. Lian 2026

See also Wang et al. 2014 and Zhang et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Cimbrophlebia amoena, Cimbrophlebia bittaciformis, Cimbrophlebia brooksi, Cimbrophlebia flabelliformis, Cimbrophlebia gracilenta, Cimbrophlebia leahyi, Cimbrophlebia westae

Type specimen: CNU-MEC-NN2011100, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (CNU collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (CNU collection)

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