ammonites
†Tarsophlebia eximia Hagen 1862 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Tarsophlebiidae

hindwing holotype

Alternative combination: Heterophlebia eximia

Synonyms: Euphaea longiventris Hagen 1862, Tarsophlebia longissima Handlirsch 1906, Tarsophlebia major Handlirsch 1906, Tarsophlebiopsis mayi Tillyard 1923

Full reference: H. A. Hagen. 1862. Ueber die Neuropteren aus dem lithographischen Schiefer in Bayern. Palaeontographica 10:96-145

Belongs to Tarsophlebia according to G. Fleck et al. 2004

Sister taxon: Tarsophlebia minor

Type specimens:

  • Tarsophlebia eximia: BSPGM AS VI 44, a hindwing (Hindwing). Its type locality is Solnhofen (MCZ coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
  • Euphaea longiventris:
  • Tarsophlebia longissima:
  • Tarsophlebia major:
  • Tarsophlebiopsis mayi: Sedgwick Museum, a forewing. Its type locality is Boulder Clay in Hertfordshire, which is in an Oxfordian marine claystone/mudstone in the Ampthill Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): Foreleg 16.9 x 1.0, Thorax width 6.46, abdomen 47.8 x 2.0, forewing 36.0 x 6.8, hindwing 34.0 x 7.8, wing length 38.4