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Orthophlebia

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Orthophlebia was named by Westwood (1845).

It was assigned to Panorpidae by Enderlein (1910); to Orthophlebidae by Handlirsch (1906), Martynov (1927), Tillyard (1933), Martynov (1937), Bode (1953), Whalley (1985), Ueda (1991), Carpenter (1992) and Zhang (1996); to Orthophlebiinae by Soszyńska-Maj et al. (2019); and to Orthophlebiidae by Martynova (1948), Willmann (1978), Lin (1982), Ansorge (1996), Ren (1997), Kopeć et al. (2018) and Zhang et al. (2021).

Species
O. (Dolichophlebia), O. (Mesopanorpa), O. (Orthophlebia) (syn. O. (Brachyophlebia)), O. (Parisophlebia), O. aequalis, O. anglica, O. angustata, O. bella, O. bifurcata, O. bolboica, O. brunsvicensis, O. capillata, O. chinensis, O. colorata, O. compacta, O. confusa, O. curta, O. deformis, O. effusa, O. elenae, O. elongata, O. exculpta, O. extensa, O. fallerslebensis, O. fracta, O. furcata, O. fuscipennis, O. germanica (syn. Synorthophlebia dubia, O. geinitzi), O. gracilis, O. gubini, O. heidemariae, O. intermedia, O. jejuna, O. karabonica, O. laesa, O. latebrosa, O. latipennisimilis, O. lauta, O. liadis, O. liaoningensis, O. liassica (syn. O. simillima, O. similis, O. lata, O. communis, O. westwoodi), O. limnophila (syn. Orthophlebioides reticulatus, Orthophlebioides latipennis, Panorpa liasina), O. lini, O. lithographica, O. longicauda, O. maculata, O. mongolica, O. nana, O. nervulosa, O. obunca, O. parvula, O. phryganoides, O. picta, O. pictipennis, O. pulchra, O. pygmaea, O. quadrimacula, O. radialis, O. retorrida, O. rossica, O. rotundipennis, O. shartegica, O. shurabica, O. speciosa, O. stigmatica, O. varia, O. venosa, O. vernacula, O. vicina (syn. Synorthophlebia elegans), O. yangjuanxiangensis, O. yaogouensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Orthophlebia Westwood p. 102
1906Orthophlebia Handlirsch p. 480
1906Orthophlebioides Handlirsch p. 481
1906Callopanorpa Handlirsch p. 615
1910Orthophlebia Enderlein p. 395
1927Orthophlebia Martynov p. 651
1933Orthophlebia Tillyard p. 30
1937Orthophlebia Martynov p. 12
1939Orthophlebiites Handlirsch p. 83
1939Synorthophlebia Handlirsch p. 84
1948Orthophlebia Martynova p. 48
1953Orthophlebia Bode
1953Synorthophlebia Bode
1978Orthophlebia Willmann p. 69
1982Orthophlebia Lin p. 81
1985Orthophlebia Whalley
1991Orthophlebia Ueda p. 100
1992Orthophlebia Carpenter
1996Orthophlebia Ansorge p. 68
1996Orthophlebia Zhang p. 446
1997Orthophlebia Ren p. 82
2018Orthophlebia Kopeć et al. p. 164
2019Orthophlebia Soszyńska-Maj et al. p. 1082
2021Orthophlebia Zhang et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
—Panorpomorpha
—Panorpina
—Panorpini
superfamilyPanorpoidea
familyOrthophlebiidae()
subfamilyOrthophlebiinae
genusOrthophlebia

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.

G. †Orthophlebia Westwood 1845
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Subg. †Orthophlebia (Mesopanorpa) Handlirsch 1906
Subg. †Orthophlebia (Orthophlebia) Westwood 1845
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Invalid names: Orthophlebia (Brachyophlebia) Hong and Zhang 2004 [synonym]
Subg. †Orthophlebia (Parisophlebia) Hong and Zhang 2004
†Orthophlebia aequalis Martynov 1937
†Orthophlebia anglica Handlirsch 1939
†Orthophlebia angustata Martynov 1937
†Orthophlebia bella Handlirsch 1939
†Orthophlebia bifurcata Giebel 1856
†Orthophlebia bolboica Sukacheva 1990
†Orthophlebia capillata Whalley 1985
†Orthophlebia chinensis Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2019
†Orthophlebia colorata Zhang 1996
†Orthophlebia compacta Bode 1953
†Orthophlebia confusa Willmann 1977
†Orthophlebia curta Martynova 1948
†Orthophlebia effusa Martynova 1948
†Orthophlebia elenae Willmann and Novokshonov 1998
†Orthophlebia elongata Handlirsch 1939
†Orthophlebia exculpta Zhang 1996
†Orthophlebia extensa Martynov 1937
†Orthophlebia fracta Sukacheva 1990
†Orthophlebia furcata Handlirsch 1939
†Orthophlebia fuscipennis Handlirsch 1906
†Orthophlebia germanica Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Orthophlebia geinitzi Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Synorthophlebia dubia Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
†Orthophlebia gracilis Handlirsch 1939
†Orthophlebia gubini Novokshonov and Sukatsheva 2003
†Orthophlebia heidemariae Willmann and Novokshonov 1998
†Orthophlebia intermedia Giebel 1856
†Orthophlebia jejuna Sukatsheva 1985
†Orthophlebia karabonica Sukacheva 1990
†Orthophlebia laesa Handlirsch 1939
†Orthophlebia latebrosa Sukatsheva 1985
†Orthophlebia lauta Sukatsheva 1985
†Orthophlebia liadis Handlirsch 1939
†Orthophlebia liassica Mantell 1844
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Invalid names: Orthophlebia communis Westwood 1845 [synonym], Orthophlebia lata Giebel 1856 [synonym], Orthophlebia similis Giebel 1856 [synonym], Orthophlebia simillima Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
†Orthophlebia limnophila Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Orthophlebioides latipennis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Orthophlebioides reticulatus Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
†Orthophlebia lini Lian and Huang 2024
†Orthophlebia lithographica Willmann and Novokshonov 1998
†Orthophlebia longicauda Willmann and Novokshonov 1998
†Orthophlebia maculata Martynov 1927
†Orthophlebia mongolica Sukatsheva 1985
†Orthophlebia nana Handlirsch 1939
†Orthophlebia nervulosa Qiao et al. 2012
†Orthophlebia obunca Sukatsheva 1985
†Orthophlebia parvula Handlirsch 1939
†Orthophlebia phryganoides Martynov 1925
†Orthophlebia picta Lian 2024
†Orthophlebia pictipennis Tillyard 1933
†Orthophlebia pulchra Martynova 1956
†Orthophlebia pygmaea Handlirsch 1939
†Orthophlebia radialis Handlirsch 1939
†Orthophlebia retorrida Sukatsheva 1985
†Orthophlebia rossica Martynova 1948
†Orthophlebia rotundipennis Martynov 1937
†Orthophlebia shartegica Novokshonov and Sukatsheva 2003
†Orthophlebia shurabica Martynov 1937
†Orthophlebia speciosa Bode 1953
†Orthophlebia stigmatica Handlirsch 1939
†Orthophlebia varia Martynova 1948
†Orthophlebia venosa Martynov 1937
†Orthophlebia vernacula Martynova 1948
†Orthophlebia vicina Handlirsch 1939
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Invalid names: Synorthophlebia elegans Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
Invalid names: Callopanorpa Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Orthophlebiites Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Orthophlebioides Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Synorthophlebia Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Aptian or 242.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Shaanxi) O. ladinica (117138)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) O. communis (124687) O. communis, O. liassica, Orthophlebioides anglicus (115222) O. gracilis (139595) O. liassica (113957 114643 114677 114680) O. liassica, Chauliodes sp. 3 (113961) O. liassica, O. pictipennis, O. confusa (115223) Panorpa liassica, O. simillima (115220)
Rhaetian - Hettangian208.5 - 199.3United Kingdom O. pygmaea, O. bella (139594)
Rhaetian - Hettangian208.5 - 199.3United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) O. nana, O. laesa, Orthophlebioides stigmaticus, Orthophlebioides furcatus, Orthophlebioides parvulus (139593)
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Hettangian208.5 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) O. communis, Chauliodes sp. (124688)
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Kazakhstan O. pulchra (172375) O. sp. (172376)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3United Kingdom (England) O. liassica (115224)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) O. communis, O. liassica (113956) O. liassica (113960)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) O. pictipennis (123982)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy) O. effusa, O. varia (105086) O. maculata, O. extensa, O. curta, O. churabica, O. effusa, O. varia, O. vernacula, O. rossica (105087)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (Warwickshire) O. communis, Chauliodes sp. (133185)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8China (Xinjiang) O. latebrosa, O. colorata (103480)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) O. capillata (114638)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Kyrgyzstan O. aequalis (114701)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany O. geinitzi, O. germanica, Synorthophlebia dubia, O. elongata, Orthophlebioides fuscipennis, Synorthophlebia vicina, Synorthophlebia elegans, Synorthophlebia liadis, Orthophlebiites radialis, O. intermedia, O. intermedia (123987)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) O. brunsvicensis, O. germanica, O. elongata (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Niedersachsen) O. brunsvicensis (107556) O. compacta, O. latipennisimilis, O. diminuta, Synorthophlebia speciosa (105002) O. fallerslebensis (108447) O. latipennisimilis (107321 107344)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Germany O. elongata (192037)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (England) O. sp. (234545)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany Orthophlebioides limnophilus (131767)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1China (Guangxi) Protorthophlebia deformis (151540)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Kyrgyzstan O. angustata (114704) O. extensa, O. shurabica, O. venosa (114702) O. rotundipennis (114703)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) O. jejuna (110819)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Russian Federation (Irkutsk) O. latebrosa (104946) O. lauta, O. retorrida (113471)
Toarcian - Aalenian182.7 - 170.3China (Hebei) Protorthophlebia yangjuanxiangensis (164199)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Gansu) O. quadrimacula (154785)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3China (Shaanxi) O. lini (222545)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3China (Xinjiang) O. exculpta (117193)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1China (Anhui) O. rotundipennis (106695)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) O. sp., O. obunca (118010)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Mongolia O. mongolica (119621)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5China (Henan) O. quadrimacula, O. picta (202211)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) O. chinensis (112663 196979) O. extensa, O. elenae (113360 123761 183155 211893) O. extensa, O. nervulosa (113365) O. nervulosa (117610)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Hebei) Protorthophlebia yaogouensis (154788)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Liaoning) Jibeiorthophlebia xiafanzhangziensis (113475)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) O. elenae (105971 122330) O. elenae, O. longicauda (105426) O. heidemariae (106101) O. maculata (114693) O. phryganoides (115717)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation O. bolboica (150500)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia O. shartegica (118966 121394 152133) O. sp., O. gubini, O. shartegica (104748)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) O. lithographica (105797)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) O. sp. 2 (104008)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) O. liaoningensis (106966 138436)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Chita) O. fracta (138072) O. karabonica (126001)