Worcestobia is an extinct genus of scorpionfly. It is the only member of the family Worcestobiidae. It was described to contain two species originally assigned to Orthophlebia. Worcestobia gigantea was originally described by Robert John Tillyard in 1933 for NHMUK I. 11102 a hindwing found in the Rhaetian aged Lilstock Formation near Strensham, Worcestershire, United KingdomTillyard, R. J. 1933.The Panorpid Complex in the British Rhaetic and Lias. Fossil Insects, No. 3. British Museum (Natural History), pp. 1–79. The other species, Worcestobia haradai was described in 1991 from KMNH IP 000,002 a forewing found in the Carnian aged Momonoki Formation in a mine near Okuhata, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.Ueda, K. 1991. A Triassic fossil of scorpion fly from Mine, Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 10, 99–103. It is distinguished from other members of Panorpoidea by "the forking of Rs2 into two long veins Rs2a and Rs2b"
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