Protorthophlebia Explained

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]

Taxonomy

After, with locality information after.^[2]

• 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 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)

Notes and References

1. 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. en. 32. 8. 1081–1097. 10.1080/08912963.2018.1564747. 91591311. 0891-2963.
2. Web site: Fossilworks: Protorthophlebia. 17 December 2021. fossilworks.org.