Neorthophlebia yunnanensis Zhang and Hong 2003 (hangingfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Full reference: Z. J. Zhang and Y. C. Hong. 2003. Taxonomic names, in Discovery of fossil insects in the Tuodian Formation, central Yunnan. Geological Bulletin of China 22:452-455

Belongs to Neorthophlebia according to Z. J. Zhang and Y. C. Hong 2003

Sister taxa: Neorthophlebia acutipennis, Neorthophlebia debilis, Neorthophlebia maculipennis, Neorthophlebia medialis, Neorthophlebia megapolitana, Neorthophlebia nana, Neorthophlebia pallida, Neorthophlebia robusta, Neorthophlebia simillima, Neorthophlebia stigmatica, Neorthophlebia unica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jishanpo, Chuxiong, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian terrestrial mudstone in the Tuodian Formation of China

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Jishanpo, Chuxiong

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