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Orthophlebia densa

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Mesopanorpa densa was named by Zhang (1996). Its type specimen is 58SK15/K1, a forewing (forewing without anal region), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Tuzigou, Badaowan Fm, Karamay, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial sandstone in the Badaowan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) densa by Hong and Zhang (2007); it was recombined as Orthophlebia densa by Lian (2026).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Mesopanorpa densa Zhang p. 450 figs. 3; Pl I fig 6
2007Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) densa Hong and Zhang p. 31
2021Mesopanorpa densa Zhang et al. p. 3 figs. 3a,b,g,h; S3
2026Orthophlebia densa Lian p. 117

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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
speciesdensa()

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 densa Zhang 1996
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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: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Oxfordian or 201.40000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9China (Xinjiang) Mesopanorpa densa (type locality: 103480)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Mesopanorpa densa (123761 183155)