[2] Doctors Michael S. Engel and Dong Ren first studied and described Ororaphidia and the co-occurring Styporaphidia and in 2008, publishing a formal description in the Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society volume 81.

[1] The species name is a combination of the Greek words megalose meaning "very large" and kephale meaning "head" and is in reference to the notably large size of the head capsule compared to other raphidiopterans.

[1] The Ororaphidia holotype was found in the near Daohugou Village, Inner Mongolia, China from the Jiulongshan Formation.

The formation is dated as early middle Jurassic, specifically Aalenian to Bajocian in age.

[1] Ororaphidia has wing venation which while superficially similar to some Mesoraphidia genera, it can be distinguished by a number of differences including a pterostigmal cross vein and the noticeably short ovipositor.