Insecta - Cnemidolestodea - Spanioderidae
Invalid subtaxa: Anthraconeuridae Laurentiaux and Laurentiaux-Vieira 1980, Cacurgonarkemidae Pinto 1990 [replaced name], Carpenteropteridae Pinto and Ornellas 1991
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820
Parent taxon: Cnemidolestina according to D. S. Aristov 2016
See also Aristov 2014, Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1911, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Laurentiaux and Laurentiaux-Vieira 1980, Martins-Neto et al. 2007 and Pinto 1990
Sister taxa: Cnemidolestidae, Ctenoptilidae, Cymenophlebiidae, Gerapompidae, Issatermidae, Neraphidiidae, Prygidae, Psoropteridae, Sylvabestiidae, Tillyardembiidae
Subtaxa: Carpenteroptera Chenxiella Dieconeura Dieconeurites Etotabla Izykhia Longzhua Miamia Sinopteron
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Brazil (2 collections), China (4), France (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (9: Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania)
Total: 19 collections including 34 occurrences