Mioloptera Riek 1973 (ice crawler)

Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Liomopteridae

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1973. Fossil insects from the Upper Permian of Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):513-532

Parent taxon: Liomopteridae according to A. I. Pretorius et al. 2021

See also Aristov and Mostovski 2013, Carpenter 1992, Riek 1973, Riek 1976, Storozhenko 1997, Storozhenko 1998 and van Dijk and Geertsema 1999

Sister taxa: Abashevia, Analiomopterites, Climaconeurites, Colubrosopterum, Depressopterum, Donopterum, Drahania, Expartalioma, Falseshurabia, Fumopterum, Kaltanella, Kaltanympha, Karaungiroptera, Kargalella, Kazanella, Khosara, Khosarophlebia, Kungurolioma, Lioma, Liomofrater, Liomopterella, Liomopterites, Liomopterum, Midcopterum, Mioloptoides, Mongolopermula, Ornaticosta, Ornaticostella, Paraliomopterum, Parapermula, Parasylvaella, Parasylviodes, Protomia, Sarbalopterum, Semopterum, Sibirella, Sylvaella, Sylvictor, Tapopterum, Tyrannopterum, Uralioma, Vorkutopterum, Climaconeura

Subtaxa: Mioloptera stuckenbergi

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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