Cimbrophlebia gracilenta Zhang et al. 2015 (hangingfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Cimbrophlebiidae

Full reference: X. Zhang, C. K. Shih, Y. Y. Zhao and D. Ren. 2015. New species of Cimbrophlebiidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 89:1482-1496

Belongs to Cimbrophlebia according to X. Zhang et al. 2015

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

Type specimen: CNU-MEC-NN2014077, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2014 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2014 collection)

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