Alexahymen Kukalová-Peck 1972 (winged insect)

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Bardohymenidae

Full reference: J. Kukalová-Peck. 1972. Unusual structures in the Paleozoic insect Orders Megasecoptera and Palaeodictyoptera, with a description of a new family. Psyche 79:243-268

Parent taxon: Bardohymenidae according to M. Pecharová et al. 2020

See also Carpenter 1992 and Kukalová-Peck 1972

Sister taxa: Actinohymen, Anthohymen, Bardohymen, Calohymen, Microhymen, Paleohymen, Sinohymen, Sunohymen, Sylvohymen, Taigahymen

Subtaxa: Alexahymen aestatis Alexahymen maruska

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Type: Alexahymen maruska

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of Czechia (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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