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Protorthophlebia obscura

Insecta - Mecoptera - Protorthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Orthophlebioides obscurus was named by Martynov (1925). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karatau-Galkino (PIN collection 1789), which is in a Kimmeridgian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Mesopanorpa obscura by Martynov (1937), Martynova (1948), Willmann (1978), Zhang (1996); it was recombined as Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) obscura by Hong and Zhang (2007), Hong and Guo (2010); it was recombined as Protorthophlebia obscura by Lian (2026).

Entered
by J. Karr (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2011-09-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Orthophlebioides obscurus Martynov p. 760 figs. Fig 19
1937Mesopanorpa obscura Martynov
1948Mesopanorpa obscura Martynova p. 57 fig. 41
1978Mesopanorpa obscura Willmann p. 68
1996Mesopanorpa obscura Zhang p. 449
2007Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) obscura Hong and Zhang p. 32
2010Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) obscura Hong and Guo p. 189 fig. 1
2026Protorthophlebia obscura Lian p. 118

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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
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
Panorpomorpha
Panorpina
Panorpini
superfamilyPanorpoidea
familyProtorthophlebiidae
genusProtorthophlebia
speciesobscura()

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.

Protorthophlebia obscura Martynov 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available