Cyclopterina Carpenter 1986 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Kaltanidae

Synonym: Cycloptera Martynova 1958 [replaced name]

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1986. Substitute names for the extinct genera Cycloptera Martynova (Mecoptera) and Parelcana Carpenter (Orthoptera). Psyche 93:375-376

Parent taxon: Kaltanidae according to V. G. Novokshonov 1997

See also Carpenter 1986, Carpenter 1992, Martynova 1961 and Willmann 1978

Sister taxa: Altajopanorpa, Cyclorista, Kaltanochorista, Kamochorista, Megachorista, Moravochorista, Pinnachorista, Pseudochorista, Tomiochorista

Subtaxa: Cyclopterina autumnalis

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Type: Cycloptera autumnale

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Suriekova I, ditch 6 (PIN collection 676) (Permian of Russian Federation)

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