Protorthophlebia is an extinct genus of scorpionflies, known from the Triassic and Jurassic periods of Eurasia. It was originally considered a member of the family Orthophlebiidae, but was later placed as the only genus within the family Protorthophlebiidae within the superfamily Panorpoidea.[1]

Protorthophlebia
Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Late Jurassic
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mecoptera
Family: Protorthophlebiidae
Soszyńska-Maj, Krzemiński & Kopeć, 2019
Genus: Protorthophlebia
Tillyard, 1933
Type species
Protorthophlebia latipennis
Tillyard, 1933
Species

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Taxonomy

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After,[1] with locality information after.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Soszyńska-Maj, Agnieszka; Krzemiński, Wiesław; Kopeć, Katarzyna; Cao, Yizi; Ren, Dong (2020-09-13). "New Middle Jurassic fossils shed light on the relationship of recent Panorpoidea (Insecta, Mecoptera)". Historical Biology. 32 (8): 1081–1097. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1564747. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 91591311.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Protorthophlebia". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.