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Orthophlebia pygmaea

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Orthophlebia pygmaea was named by Handlirsch (1939). Its type specimen is BMNH J. 32685, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Warwickshire (BMNH coll), which is in a Rhaetian/Hettangian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was synonymized subjectively with Orthophlebia nana by Martynova (1948).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Orthophlebia pygmaea Handlirsch p. 80 figs. Pl 7, fig 121
1978Orthophlebia pygmaea Willmann p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
—Panorpomorpha
—Panorpina
—Panorpini
superfamilyPanorpoidea
familyOrthophlebiidae()
subfamilyOrthophlebiinae
genusOrthophlebia
speciespygmaea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Orthophlebia pygmaea Handlirsch 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Hettangian or 205.70000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian - Hettangian205.7 - 199.5United Kingdom Orthophlebia pygmaea (type locality: 139594)