Cimbrophlebia flabelliformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mecoptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Mecoptera

Cladus: Raptipedia
Familia: †Cimbrophlebiidae
Genus: †Cimbrophlebia
Species: †Cimbrophlebia flabelliformis

Name

• †Cimbrophlebia flabelliformis Archibald, 2009

Type material

• Holotype: UCCIPRL-18 F-763 (part) & L-18 F-764 (counterpart)
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University Institute for Paleontological Research collection, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
    • Collector: Unknown, 2002

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan; Kamloops Group, Tranquille Formation?; McAbee fossil beds, 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• "The specific epithet flabelliformis is formed from the Latin flabellum, "fan", and forma, "shape", referring to the overall impression of the somewhat evenly separated wing veins, radiating apicad in a fan-like manner.

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Kamloops Group, Tranquille Formation?; McAbee fossil beds, 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

References

Primary references

• Archibald, S. B. 2009. New Cimbrophlebiidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Early Eocene at McAbee, British Columbia, Canada and Republic, Washington, USA. Zootaxa 2249: 51–62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2249.1.5. ISSN 1175-5326. http://www.mapress.com./zootaxa/2009/f/zt02249p062.pdf.  Reference page. 

Additional references

• Yang, X., Shih, C. & Ren, D. 2013. New fossil hangingflies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Raptipedia: Cimbrophlebiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Palaeontology 56(4): 711–726. doi:10.1111/pala.12009. ISSN 0031-0239.  Reference page.