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Ctenobittacus tongchuanensis

Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Taxonomy
Ctenophlebia tongchuanensis was named by Hong (2009). Its type specimen is TH99-1/1044, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Tongchuan, which is in a Longobardian lacustrine mudstone in the Yanchang Formation of China. It is the type species of Ctenophlebia, Ctenobittacus.

It was recombined as Ctenobittacus tongchuanensis by Villet (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Ctenophlebia tongchuanensis Hong p. 425 figs. 5-7
2025Ctenobittacus tongchuanensis Villet p. 600

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderRaptipedia
familyBittacidaeHandlirsch 1906
subfamilyNeorthophlebiinae()
genusCtenobittacus
speciestongchuanensis()

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.

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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: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Shaanxi) Ctenophlebia tongchuanensis (type locality: 117138)