Spargoptilon Kukalová 1965 (winged insect)

Insecta - Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae

Alternative spelling: Spargopteron

Full reference: J. Kukalová. 1965. Permian Protelytroptera, Coleoptera and Protorthoptera (Insecta) of Moravia. Sborník Geologických Ved, Paleontologie 6:61-95

Parent taxon: Anthracoptilidae according to A. Nel et al. 2015

See also Carpenter 1992, Kukalová 1965, Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2004 and Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2013

Sister taxa: Adiphlebia, Afrocladus, Anthracoptilus, Carrizocladus, Graticladus, Homocladus, Jarmilacladus, Lodevocladus, Mesoptilus, Mycteroptila, Paracladus, Rhinomaloptila, Strephocladus, Strephoneura, Strephoptilus, Westphaloptilus

Subtaxa: Spargoptilon confertus Spargoptilon latericius

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Type: Spargoptilon latericius

Ecology:

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

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