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Neorthophlebiinae
Taxonomy
Neorthophlebiidae was named by Handlirsch (1920).
It was reranked as the subfamily Neorthophlebiinae by Sukatsheva (1985), Zhang (1993), Ansorge (1996), Villet (2025).
It was assigned to Eumecoptera by Tillyard (1933), Riek (1955); to Raptipedia by Willmann (1987); to Mecoptera by Martynov (1927), Martynov (1937), Bode (1953), Willmann (1978), Carpenter (1992); and to Bittacidae by Sukatsheva (1985), Zhang (1993), Ansorge (1996), Villet (2025).
It was reranked as the subfamily Neorthophlebiinae by Sukatsheva (1985), Zhang (1993), Ansorge (1996), Villet (2025).
It was assigned to Eumecoptera by Tillyard (1933), Riek (1955); to Raptipedia by Willmann (1987); to Mecoptera by Martynov (1927), Martynov (1937), Bode (1953), Willmann (1978), Carpenter (1992); and to Bittacidae by Sukatsheva (1985), Zhang (1993), Ansorge (1996), Villet (2025).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1920 | Neorthophlebiidae Handlirsch p. 198 |
| 1927 | Neorthophlebiidae Martynov p. 658 |
| 1933 | Neorthophlebiidae Tillyard p. 47 |
| 1937 | Neorthophlebiidae Martynov p. 21 |
| 1953 | Neorthophlebiidae Bode |
| 1955 | Neorthophlebiidae Riek p. 666 |
| 1978 | Neorthophlebiidae Willmann p. 90 |
| 1985 | Neorthophlebiinae Sukatsheva p. 107 |
| 1987 | Neorthophlebiidae Willmann |
| 1992 | Neorthophlebiidae Carpenter |
| 1993 | Neorthophlebiinae Zhang p. 52 |
| 1996 | Neorthophlebiinae Ansorge p. 73 |
| 2025 | Neorthophlebiinae Villet p. 600 |
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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.
Subfm. †Neorthophlebiinae Handlirsch 1920
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G. †Ctenobittacus Villet 2025
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†Ctenobittacus tongchuanensis Hong 2009
Invalid names: Ctenophlebia Hong 2009 [replaced]
G. †Neorthophlebia Handlirsch 1906
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†Neorthophlebia acutipennis Handlirsch 1939
†Neorthophlebia debilis Handlirsch 1906
†Neorthophlebia maculipennis Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Metaxybittacus vittatus Bode 1953 [synonym], Neorthophlebia minor Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
†Neorthophlebia medialis Handlirsch 1939
†Neorthophlebia megapolitana Geinitz 1883
†Neorthophlebia nana Martynova 1948
†Neorthophlebia pallida Handlirsch 1939
†Neorthophlebia robusta Martynov 1937
†Neorthophlebia simillima Handlirsch 1939
†Neorthophlebia stigmatica Handlirsch 1939
†Neorthophlebia unica Martynova 1948
†Neorthophlebia yunnanensis Zhang and Hong 2003
G. †Parabittacus Handlirsch 1939
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†Parabittacus analis Handlirsch 1939
†Parabittacus lingula Bode 1953
Invalid names: Polydicrobittacus Bode 1953 [synonym]
G. †Protobittacus Tillyard 1933
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†Protobittacus arculatus Bode 1953
†Protobittacus desacuminatus Bode 1953
†Protobittacus handlirschi Tillyard 1933
†Protobittacus liassicus Tillyard 1933
†Protobittacus maculatus Tillyard 1933
†Protobittacus moestus Sukatsheva 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 239.48000 to 149.20000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Longobardian | China (Shaanxi) | Ctenophlebia tongchuanensis, Neorthophlebopsis qishuiheensis (117138) | |
| Rhaetian | United Kingdom (England) | Protobittacus liassicus, Protobittacus maculatus (113961) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy) | Neorthophlebia robusta, Neorthophlebia unica, Neorthophlebia nana (105087) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany | Neorthophlebia minor, Orthophlebia megapolitana, Neorthophlebia debilis, Parabittacus analis, Neorthophlebia pallida, Neorthophlebia simillima, Neorthophlebia medialis, Neorthophlebia stigmatica, Neorthophlebia acutipennis, Orthophlebia megapolitana (123987) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Polydicrobittacus lingula (107553) Polydicrobittacus lingula, Haplobittacus parvus (107321) Protobittacus arculatus, Metaxybittacus vittatus, Pleobittacus retroflexus, Polydicrobittacus lingula (105002) Protobittacus desacuminatus (107555) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Neorthophlebia maculipennis (114993) | |
| Falciferum | United Kingdom (England) | Protobittacus handlirschi (154307) | |
| Toarcian | Kyrgyzstan | Neorthophlebia robusta (114702) | |
| Toarcian | Russian Federation (Kemerovo) | Protobittacus moestus (125484) | |
| Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | China (Yunnan) | Neorthophlebia yunnanensis (164859) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | Neorthophlebia indet. (125483) |