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Orthophlebia exculpta

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Orthophlebia exculpta was named by Zhang (1996). Its type specimen is 93-HE-1/K1, a forewing (right forewing with damaged base), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Harsala, Xishanyao Fm, which is in an Aalenian/Bajocian fluvial mudstone/mudstone in the Xishanyao Formation of China.

It was recombined as Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) exculpta by Hong and Zhang (2007).

Entered
by J. Karr (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2011-09-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Orthophlebia exculpta Zhang p. 447 figs. 1; Pl I fig 1
2007Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) exculpta Hong and Zhang p. 31
2026Orthophlebia exculpta Lian p. 117

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
—Panorpomorpha
—Panorpina
—Panorpini
superfamilyPanorpoidea
familyOrthophlebiidae()
subfamilyOrthophlebiinae
genusOrthophlebia
speciesexculpta

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Orthophlebia exculpta Zhang 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available