Cimbrophlebiidae

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Cimbrophlebiidae
Temporal range: Toarcian–Eocene
Cimbrophlebia bittaciformis Fur Formation.jpg
Cimbrophlebia bittaciformis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mecoptera
Family: Cimbrophlebiidae
Willmann 1977
Genera

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Cimbrophlebiidae is an extinct family of scorpionflies. They are considered to be the sister group to the Bittacidae, together forming the clade Raptipedia.[1]

Systematics[]

  • Yang et al. 2013 Daohugou, China, Callovian
  • Cimbrophlebia Willmann 1977 Jurassic-Eocene, Laurasia
  • Juracimbrophlebia Wang et al. 2012 Daohugou, China, Callovian
  • Bechly and Schweigart 2000 Solnhofen, Germany, Tithonian
  • Yang et al. 2013 Daohugou, China, Callovian
  • Yang et al. 2012 Daohugou, China, Callovian
  • Zhang 1993 Daohugou, China, Callovian , China, Hauterivian

An undescribed specimen is also known from the Toarcian aged "Green Series" of Germany.

References[]

  1. ^ Xiao, Zhang; Chungkun, Shih; Yunyun, Zhao; Dong, Ren (October 2015). "New Species of Cimbrophlebiidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of Northeastern China". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 89 (5): 1482–1496. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12559.
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