Spilaptera Brongniart 1885 (winged insect)

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Spilapteridae

Full reference: C. Brongniart. 1885. Les insectes fossiles des terrains primaires. Coup d'oeil rapide sur la fauna entomologique des terrains paléozoïques. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences Naturelles de Rouen 21(3):50-68

Parent taxon: Spilapteridae according to K. Rosová et al. 2022

See also Bolton 1921, Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Kukalová 1969, Li et al. 2013 and Prokop et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Abaptilon, Baeoneura, Becquerelia, Bizarrea, Delitzschala, Dunbaria, Epitethe, Epithele, Homaloneura, Lamproptilia, Lamproptilia stirrupi, Mcluckiepteron, Neuburgia, Palaeoptilus, Paradunbaria, Permiakovia, Saxonyptilus, Sinodunbaria, Spiloptilus, Tectoptilus, Tytthospilaptera, Vorkutoneura, Palaeoneuriinae, Boltoniella

Subtaxa: Spilaptera americana Spilaptera libelluloides Spilaptera packardi Spilaptera peckae Spilaptera splendens Spilaptera tanaica Spilaptera venusta

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Type: Spilaptera packardi

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of France (2 collections), Germany (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Illinois)

Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences

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