Insecta - Diaphanopterodea - Diaphanopteridae
Synonyms: Diaphanoptera superba Meunier 1908, Diaphanopterites superbus Meunier 1908
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
Belongs to Diaphanoptera according to O. Béthoux and A. Nel 2003
See also Brongniart 1894, Carpenter 1963, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Lameere 1917, Meunier 1908, Meunier 1908 and Meunier 1909
Sister taxa: Diaphanoptera scudderi, Diaphanoptera vetusta
Type specimens:
- Diaphanoptera munieri: MNHN.F.R51214, a hindwing. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Diaphanoptera superba: MNHN-LP-R 51196, an exoskeleton (Complete body). Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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