Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebidae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1933. The Panorpoid complex in the British Rhaetic and Lias. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 3:1-79

Belongs to Orthophlebia according to R. J. Tillyard 1933

Sister taxa: Orthophlebia (Mesopanorpa), Orthophlebia aequalis, Orthophlebia angustata, Orthophlebia bella, Orthophlebia brunsvicensis, Orthophlebia capillata, Orthophlebia colorata, Orthophlebia compacta, Orthophlebia deformis, Orthophlebia diminuta, Orthophlebia elenae, Orthophlebia elongata, Orthophlebia exculpta, Orthophlebia extensa, Orthophlebia fallerslebensis, Orthophlebia germanica, Orthophlebia gigantea, Orthophlebia gracilis, Orthophlebia grandis, Orthophlebia haradai, Orthophlebia heidemariae, Orthophlebia jejuna, Orthophlebia laesa, Orthophlebia latebrosa, Orthophlebia latipennisimilis, Orthophlebia lauta, Orthophlebia liadis, Orthophlebia liassica, Orthophlebia limnophila, Orthophlebia longicauda, Orthophlebia luanpingensis, Orthophlebia maculata, Orthophlebia martynovae, Orthophlebia mongolica, Orthophlebia nana, Orthophlebia nervulosa, Orthophlebia obunca, Orthophlebia phryganoides, Orthophlebia pygmaea, Orthophlebia radialis, Orthophlebia retorrida, Orthophlebia riccardii, Orthophlebia rotundipennis, Orthophlebia shurabica, Orthophlebia simillima, Orthophlebia sinuata, Orthophlebia stigmosa, Orthophlebia venosa, Orthophlebia vicina, Orthophlebia yangjuanxiangensis, Orthophlebia yaogouensis, Orthophlebioides stigmaticus, Orthophlebioides furcatus, Orthophlebioides parvulus, Orthophlebioides anglicus, Orthophlebioides fuscipennis

Type specimen: BMNH I 11678, a forewing. Its type locality is Forthampton, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.

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Average measurements (in mm): forewing 16.7 x 5.5