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Orthophlebia stigmatica

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Orthophlebioides stigmaticus was named by Handlirsch (1939). Its type specimen is BMNH J. 32688, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Gloucester (BMNH coll), which is in a Rhaetian/Hettangian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

It was synonymized subjectively with Orthophlebia nana by Martynova (1948); it was recombined as Orthophlebia stigmatica by Willmann (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Orthophlebioides stigmaticus Handlirsch p. 81 figs. Pl 7, fig 133
1978Orthophlebia stigmatica Willmann p. 80

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

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 stigmatica Handlirsch 1939
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Diagnosis
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