†family Prochoropteridae Handlirsch 1911 (winged insect)

Insecta - Diaphanopterodea - Prochoropteridae

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1911. New Paleozoic insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 31:353-377

Parent taxon: Diaphanopterodea according to F. M. Carpenter 1992

See also Carpenter and Richardson 1978, Handlirsch 1911 and Handlirsch 1919

Sister taxa: Alexrasnitsyniidae, Asthenohymenidae, Asthenohymenidea, Avionbrodia, Biarmohymenidae, Diapha, Diaphanopteridae, Diaphanopteridea, Elmodiapha, Elmoidae, Eudiaphanopterodea, Lodevohymen, Martynoviidae, Namurodiaphidae, Parabrodiidae, Paradiapha, Parelmoidae, Paruraliidae, Permodiapha, Protodiapha, Rhaphidiopsidae, Sinodiaphidae, Stenodiapha, Velisopteridae

Subtaxa: Euchoroptera Prochoroptera

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Type: Prochoroptera

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (8: Illinois, Kansas collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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