Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820
Parent taxon: Palaeoptera according to F. M. Carpenter 1992
See also Bolton 1921, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919 and Handlirsch 1922
Sister taxa: Aedoeophasma, Archaeoptilidae, Archaeoptilites, Archaeoptilus, Breyeriodes, Campteroneura, Doter, Doter minor, Doteridae, Dyadentomum, Eupalaeoptera, Eurytaenia, Frankenholzia, Frankenholziidae, Gerephemera, Hypermegethidae, Kuloja, Kulojidae, Leipsanon, Lithentomum, Litoneura, Megathentomum, Orthogonophora, Palaeodictyopteron, Palaeopalara, Parapaolia, Perissophlebia, Progonopteryx, Pseudohomothetus, Pseudopalingenia, Pseudopaolia, Rectineura, Severinula, Sherborniella, Sypharoptera, Sypharopteridae, Titanoptera, Wulasua, Xenoneura, Xenoneuridae
Subtaxa: Hypermegethes northumbriae Hypermegethes pilchi Hypermegethes schucherti
Type: Hypermegethes schucherti
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (2: Illinois, Kansas)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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