Insecta - Protomeroptera - Protomeropidae

Full reference: A. Nel, P. Roques, P. Nel, J. Prokop, and J. S. Steyer. 2007. The earliest holometabolous insect from the Carboniferous: a "crucial" innovation with delayed success (Insecta Protomeropina Protomeropidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 43(3):349-355

Parent taxon: Protomeropidae according to A. Nel et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Glanomerope, Permomerope, Platychorista, Pseudomerope, Pseudomeropella, Stenomerope, Marimerobius

Subtaxa: Westphalomerope maryvonneae

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Type: Westphalomerope maryvonneae

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bruay-la-Bussière, Terril 5bis, Pas-de-Calais (Carboniferous of France)

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