A new orthophlebiid scorpionfly (Insecta, Orthophlebiidae) from the Late Jurassic Linglongta biota of northern China

ABSTRACT

The scorpionfly genus Longiphlebia, with a sole species, is confined to the Middle-Late Jurassic Daohugou biota. Herein, we describe and figure the second species, Longiphlebia incompleta sp. nov., based on one specimen collected from the Upper Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation at Zhuanshanzi, near Nanshimen Village, Gangou Township, Qinglong County, Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. It is a new representative insect belonging to the late assemblage of Yanliao biota. Our discovery indicates new evolutionary evidence between the early and late assemblages of the Yanliao biota.

KEYWORDS:

• Longiphlebia
• Tiaojishan Formation
• Yanliao biota
• Zhuanshanzi

Acknowledgments

Financial support was provided by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFC0600406), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB18000000 and XDB26000000), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41925008 and 41688103).

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFC0600406), Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB18000000 and XDB26000000), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41925008 and 41688103).