†Sphecoptera Brongniart 1894 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Megasecoptera - Sphecopteridae
Full reference: C. Brongniart. 1894. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire des insectes fossiles des temps primaires, précédées d'une étude sur la nervation des ailes des insectes. Thèses Présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris 821:1-494
Parent taxon: Sphecopteridae according to F. M. Carpenter 1992
See also Carpenter 1951, Handlirsch 1906 and Handlirsch 1919
Sister taxa: Cyclocelis, Cyclocelis acuta
Subtaxa: Sphecoptera brongniarti Sphecoptera elegantissima Sphecoptera gracilis Sphecoptera minor Sphecoptera pulchra
Type: Sphecoptera gracilis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
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