Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae

Alternative combination: Homoeophlebia gigantea

Synonyms: Archaeoptilus gaullei Meunier 1910 [objective synonym], Homoeophlebia gaulleyi Meunier 1910 [objective synonym]

Full reference: A. N. Agnus. 1902. Description d'un Névroptère fossile nouveau, Homoioptera gigantea. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1902:259-261

Belongs to Homoioptera according to C. Brauckmann and R. Becker 1992

See also Agnus 1902, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Kukalová 1969, Lameere 1917 and Meunier 1910

Sister taxa: Homoioptera kortumi, Homoioptera latipenne, Homoioptera vorhallensis, Homoioptera woodwardi

Type specimens:

• Homoioptera gigantea: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France
• Archaeoptilus gaullei: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

Distribution: found only at Commentry (MNHN later coll)

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