Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebidae

Full reference: R. Willmann and V. Novokshonov. 1998. Neue Mecopteren aus dem oberen Jura von Karatau (Kasachstan) (Insecta, Mecoptera: "Orthophlebiidae"). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 72:281-298

Belongs to Orthophlebia according to R. Willmann and V. Novokshonov 1998

Sister taxa: Orthophlebia (Mesopanorpa), Orthophlebia aequalis, Orthophlebia angustata, Orthophlebia bella, Orthophlebia brunsvicensis, Orthophlebia capillata, Orthophlebia colorata, Orthophlebia compacta, Orthophlebia deformis, Orthophlebia diminuta, 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 pictipennis, 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: PIN 2997/2814, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2997), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakstan.

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Average measurements (in mm): forewing 29.0 x 7.7