Elmodiapha Kukalová-Peck 1974 (winged insect)

Insecta - Diaphanopterodea

Full reference: J. Kukalová-Peck. 1974. Wing-folding in the Paleozoic insect order Diaphanopterodea (Paleoptera), with a description of new representatives of the family Elmoidae. Psyche 81:315-333

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

See also Kukalová-Peck 1974

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

Subtaxa: Elmodiapha ovata

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Type: Elmodiapha ovata

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Obora, southern edge of ravine (Permian of Czech Republic)

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