Ametretus Handlirsch 1911 (winged insect)

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1911. New Paleozoic insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois. American Journal of Science, Series 4 31:297-326

Parent taxon: Homoiopteridae according to C. Brauckmann and R. Becker 1992

See also Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1911, Handlirsch 1919 and Handlirsch 1922

Sister taxa: Adolarryia, Amousus, Anglopterum, Boltonia, Homoioptera, Larryia, Mazonopterum, Mazothairos, Ostrava, Paraostrava, Parathesoneura, Pharciphyzelus, Scepasma, Thesoneura, Turneropterum

Subtaxa: Ametretus laevis

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Type: Ametretus laevis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek (YPM collection) (Carboniferous of Illinois)

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