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Orthophlebia bifurcata

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Orthophlebia bifurcata was named by Giebel (1856). It is an impression. Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Callopanorpa bifurcata by Handlirsch (1906).

Entered
by J. Karr (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2013-02-08; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Orthophlebia bifurcata Giebel p. 260
1906Callopanorpa bifurcata Handlirsch p. 616 figs. Pl XLVIII fig 17
1978Orthophlebia bifurcata Willmann p. 71

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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
speciesbifurcata

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 bifurcata Giebel 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available