Biology:Cimbrophlebiidae

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Short description: Extinct family of insects

Cimbrophlebiidae
Temporal range: Toarcian–Eocene
Cimbrophlebia bittaciformis Fur Formation.jpg
Cimbrophlebia bittaciformis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

  • Bellicimbrophlebia Yang et al. 2013 Daohugou, China, Callovian
  • Cimbrophlebia Willmann 1977 Jurassic-Eocene, Laurasia
  • Juracimbrophlebia Wang et al. 2012 Daohugou, China, Callovian
  • Malmocimbrophlebia Bechly and Schweigart 2000 Solnhofen, Germany, Tithonian
  • Mirorcimbrophlebia Yang et al. 2013 Daohugou, China, Callovian
  • Perfecticimbrophlebia Yang et al. 2012 Daohugou, China, Callovian
  • Telobittacus Zhang 1993 Daohugou, China, Callovian Fengjiashan Formation, 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" (in en). Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 89 (5): 1482–1496. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12559. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/1755-6724.12559. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18706662 entry