Protorthophlebia macula Lin 1992 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Protorthophlebiidae

Alternative combination: Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) macula

Full reference: Q. B. Lin. 1992. Late Triassic insect fauna from Toksun, Xinjiang. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 31:313-335

Belongs to Protorthophlebia according to Q. B. Lin 1992

See also Hong and Zhang 2007

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 punctata, Protorthophlebia strigata, Protorthophlebia triassica, Protorthophlebia yanqingensis

Type specimen: NIGP 86080, a forewing. Its type locality is Kerjie, Toksun County, which is in a Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Huangshanjie Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kerjie, Toksun County

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