Protorthophlebia

{{Short description|Extinct genus of insects}}

{{automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Middle Triassic|Late Jurassic}}

| parent_authority = Soszyńska-Maj, Krzemiński & Kopeć, 2019

| taxon = Protorthophlebia

| authority = Tillyard, 1933

| type_species = Protorthophlebia latipennis

| type_species_authority = Tillyard, 1933

| subdivision = See text

}}

Protorthophlebia is an extinct genus of scorpionflies, known from the Triassic and Jurassic periods of Eurasia. It was originally considered a member of the family Orthophlebiidae, but was later placed as the only genus within the family Protorthophlebiidae within the superfamily Panorpoidea.{{Cite journal|last1=Soszyńska-Maj|first1=Agnieszka|last2=Krzemiński|first2=Wiesław|last3=Kopeć|first3=Katarzyna|last4=Cao|first4=Yizi|last5=Ren|first5=Dong|date=2020-09-13|title=New Middle Jurassic fossils shed light on the relationship of recent Panorpoidea (Insecta, Mecoptera)|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2018.1564747|journal=Historical Biology|language=en|volume=32|issue=8|pages=1081–1097|doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1564747|s2cid=91591311|issn=0891-2963}}

Taxonomy

After, with locality information after.{{Cite web|title=Fossilworks: Protorthophlebia|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=137010|access-date=17 December 2021|website=fossilworks.org}}

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