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Cimbrophlebiidae

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Extinct family of insects

Cimbrophlebiidae
Temporal range: Toarcian–Eocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Cimbrophlebiidae
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