Cimbrophlebiidae

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Cimbrophlebiidae
Temporal range: Toarcian–Eocene
Cimbrophlebia bittaciformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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. S2CID 131239878.