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Mesoleon

Insecta - Neuroptera

Taxonomy
Mesoleon was named by Handlirsch (1906). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Prohemerobidae by Handlirsch (1906); to Neuroptera by Martynova (1949); and to Planipennia by Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Mesoleon Handlirsch p. 477
1949Mesoleon Martynova
1992Mesoleon Carpenter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
genusMesoleon

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Mesoleon Handlirsch 1906
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Mesoleon dobbertinianus Handlirsch 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available