 "Fortiholcorpa" shares several similarities with "Holcorpa", a genus formerly placed in the Panorpidae but now considered the sole genus of the family Holcorpidae.However, "Fortiholcorpa" shows a different a branching pattern of hindwing M vein, and lacks spurs on the sixth abdominal segment.As such, the describers placed "Fortiholcorpa" as "incertae sedis" (uncertain placement) within Mecoptera.