Itaphlebia Sukatsheva, 1985

Cao, Yizi, Lin, Xiaodan, Shih, Chungkun & Ren, Dong, 2022, Two new species of Itaphlebia (Insecta, Mecoptera, Nannochoristidae) from the late Middle Jurassic of China, ZooKeys 1108, pp. 175-188 : 175

Genus Itaphlebia Sukatsheva, 1985

Chrysopanorpa Ren, 1995, p. 91.

Netropanorpodes Sun, Ren & Shih, 2007, p. 867.

Stylopanorpodes Sun, Ren & Shih, 2007, p. 865.

Protochoristella Sun, Ren & Shih, 2007, p. 405.

Diagnosis.

Small to moderately-sized insect (forewing length 5.1-15.4 mm); body slender; wing nearly oval or rounded apically. Forewing: Sc with two or three branches ending at C; Rs (R2 to R5) origination distad of M origination; Rs forking with four (in some cases with five) branches; M forking with four (in some cases with five) branches. Hind wing: Sc simple and short, terminating at C well before pterostigma; Rs forking with four branches; M forking with four branches (in some cases with five).

Type species.

Itaphlebia completa Sukatsheva, 1985

Species included.

Type species, I. ruderalis comb. (= Chrysopanorpa ruderalis Ren, 1995 = Stylopanorpodes eurypterus Sun, Ren & Shih, 2007 = Protochoristella formosa Sun, Ren & Shih, 2007), I. jeniseica Novokshonov, 1997 (= Netropanorpodes sentosus Sun, Ren & Shih, 2007), I. multa Novokshonov, 1997 (= Protochoristella polyneura Sun, Ren & Shih, 2007), I. reducta Novokshonov, 1997, I. sharovi Novokshonov, 1997, I. generosa Novokshonov & Sukatsheva, 2003, I. decorosa comb. (= Netropanorpodes decorosus Sun, Ren & Shih, 2007), I. exquisita Liu, Zhao & Ren, 2010, I. laeta Liu, Zhao & Ren, 2010, I. longiovata Cao, Shih, Bashkuev & Ren, 2015, I. amoena Cao, Shih, Bashkuev & Ren, 2015, I. procera sp. nov. and I. elegana sp. nov.