Orthophlebiidae
| Orthophlebiidae Temporal range: | |
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| Species of Orthophlebia and Mesopanorpa from the Middle Jurassic of China | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Superfamily: | Panorpoidea |
| Family: | †Orthophlebiidae Handlirsch, 1906 |
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Orthophlebiidae is an extinct family of scorpionflies known from the Triassic to Cretaceous, belonging to the superfamily Panorpoidea. The family is poorly defined and is probably paraphyletic, representing many primitive members of Panorpoidea with most species only known from isolated wings, and has such been considered a wastebasket taxon.