Cimbrophlebia
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Cimbrophlebia is an extinct genus of Mecoptera
which existed during the Eocene
period. It contains the species Cimbrophlebia brooksi, Cimbrophlebia flabelliformis, Cimbrophlebia leahyi, and Cimbrophlebia westae.
Mecoptera
Mecoptera are an order of insects with about 550 species in nine families worldwide. Mecoptera are sometimes called scorpionflies after their largest family, Panorpidae, in which the males have enlarged genitals that look similar to the stinger of a scorpion...
which existed during the Eocene
Eocene
The Eocene Epoch, lasting from about 56 to 34 million years ago , is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Palaeocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the...
period. It contains the species Cimbrophlebia brooksi, Cimbrophlebia flabelliformis, Cimbrophlebia leahyi, and Cimbrophlebia westae.