Polioptenus Scudder 1885 (winged insect)

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Dictyoneuridae

Synonym: Acanthodictyon Handlirsch 1906

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: Dictyoneuridae according to F. M. Carpenter 1992

See also Guthörl 1930, Guthörl 1934, Guthörl 1940, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922 and Waterlot 1934

Sister taxa: Arltia, Cleffia, Dictyoneura, Dictyoneuridae humboldtiana, Dictyoneuridae kliveri, Dictyoneurula, Eugereon heeri, Goldenbergia, Hongius, Kallenbergia, Macrodictya, Microdictya, Rotundopteris, Saarodictyum, Sagenoptera, Schmidtopteron, Siberiodictya, Stenodictya, Stenodictyoneura, Stilbocrocis

Subtaxa: Polioptenus bertrandi Polioptenus chanderisi Polioptenus decheni Polioptenus elegans Polioptenus mancomediali

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Type: Dictyoneura elegans

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of France (1 collection), Germany (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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