Mischoptera Brongniart 1894 (winged insect)

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Mischopteridae

Synonym: Woodwardia Brongniart 1885 [replaced name]

Full reference: C. Brongniart. 1894. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire des insectes fossiles des temps primaires, précédées d'une étude sur la nervation des ailes des insectes. Thèses Présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris 821:1-494

Parent taxon: Mischopteridae according to F. M. Carpenter 1992

See also Brongniart 1894, Carpenter 1951, Carpenter and Richardson 1968, Handlirsch 1906 and Handlirsch 1919

Sister taxon: Psilothorax

Subtaxa: Mischoptera douglassi Mischoptera nigra

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Type: Woodwardia nigra

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of France (2 collections), United States (4: Illinois)

Total: 6 collections including 10 occurrences

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