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]
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Scientific classification 
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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 |
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| Protorthophlebia latipennis Tillyard, 1933
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Taxonomy
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- Protorthophlebia aksaji Martynova 1948 Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)
- Protorthophlebia cuneata Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Early Jurassic (Toarcian)
- Protorthophlebia curta Hong 2009 Tongchuan Formation, China, Middle Triassic (Ladinian)
- Protorthophlebia egloni Martynova 1948 Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)
- Protorthophlebia hebes Sukatsheva 1985 Uda Formation, Russia, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian)
- Protorthophlebia ladinica Hong et al. 2002 Tongchuan Formation, China, Middle Triassic (Ladinian)
- Protorthophlebia latipennis Tillyard 1933 (type) Blue Lias, England, Hettangian Charmouth Mudstone Formation, England, Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)
- Protorthophlebia lecta Sukatsheva 1985 Ichetuy Formation, Russia, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
- Protorthophlebia punctata Soszyńska-Maj & Krzemiński 2019[1] Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
- Protorthophlebia strigata Zhang 1996 Xishanyao Formation, China, Middle Jurassic (Aalenian/Bajocian)
- Protorthophlebia triassica Hong et al. 2002 Tongchuan Formation, China, Middle Triassic (Ladinian)
- Protorthophlebia yanqingensis Hong and Xiao 1997 Houcheng Formation, China, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Protorthophlebia". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.