Litoneura Scudder 1885 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1885. Dictyoneura and the allied insects of the Carboniferous epoch. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 20:167-173

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

See also Guthörl 1934, 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, Hypermegethes, Hypermegethidae, Kuloja, Kulojidae, Leipsanon, Lithentomum, Megathentomum, Orthogonophora, Palaeodictyopteron, Palaeopalara, Parapaolia, Perissophlebia, Progonopteryx, Pseudohomothetus, Pseudopalingenia, Pseudopaolia, Rectineura, Severinula, Sherborniella, Sypharoptera, Sypharopteridae, Titanoptera, Wulasua, Xenoneura, Xenoneuridae

Subtaxa: Litoneura anthracophila

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Gersweiler (Carboniferous of Germany)

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