Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae
Synonyms: Roechlingiidae Guthörl 1934, Scepasmidae Haupt 1949, Thesoneuridae Carpenter 1943
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Palaeodictyoptera according to C. Brauckmann et al. 2003
See also Brauckmann et al. 1985, Carpenter 1943, Carpenter 1992, Guthörl 1934, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Kukalová 1960, Kukalová 1969, Kukalová-Peck 1972 and Pruvost 1930
Sister taxa: Achaeoptilus, Aenigmatopsis, Althansia, Anagesthes, Anthracosta, Asiodictya, Bathytaptus, Bojoptera, Breyerioidea, Brongniartites, Brongniartula, Commentryites, Compsoneura, Delafondia, Dictyoneurina, Diexodus, Elmoboriidae, Eubleptidae, Eugereonoidea, Eumecoptera, Eurydictyella, Eurythmopteryx, Frankenholziina, Gegenemene, Haplophlebium, Heolidae, Heolus, Homothetidae, Idoptilus, Kansasia, Kansasiidae, Mammia, Mecynoptera, Mecynopteridae, Mecynostomites, Megaptilidae, Mongolianidae, Monsteropterum, Neopalaeodictyoptera, Neosecoptera, Palaeodictyoptera amissa, Palaeodictyoptera macrophlebia, Palaiotaptus, Palapteris, Paraboltonia, Paramecynostoma, Paramegaptilus, Platephemera, Propalingenia, Pseudomecynostoma, Psychroptilidae, Pteronidia, Pteronidiidae, Pyebrodia, Rochdalia, Saarlandia, Saarlandiidae, Sabitaptus, Schedoneura, Severinopsis, Spilaptera sutcliffei, Spilapterites, Spilapteroidea, Straeleniellidae, Synaptoneura, Titanophasma, Turnbullia, Eukulojidae
Subtaxa: Adolarryia Ametretus Amousus Anglopterum Boltonia Homoioptera Larryia Mazonopterum Mazothairos Ostrava Paraostrava Parathesoneura Pharciphyzelus Scepasma Thesoneura Turneropterum
Type: Homoioptera
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), the Czech Republic (2), France (3), Germany (6), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (10: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana)
Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences