Alienopterus Bai et al. 2016 (winged insect)

Insecta - Alienoptera - Alienopteridae

Full reference: M. Bai, R. G. Beutel, K. D. Klass, B. Wipfler, and W. W. Zhang. 2016. Taxonomic names, in †Alienoptera — A new insect order in the roach-mantodean twilight zone. Gondwana Research 39:317-326

Parent taxon: Alienopteridae according to C. H. Luo et al. 2022

See also Bai et al. 2016 and Vršanský et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Aethiocarenus, Alienopterella, Apiblatta, Caputoraptor, Chimaeroblattina, Eminespina, Formicamendax, Grant, Meilia, Teyia, Vcelesvab

Subtaxa: Alienopterus brachyelytrus

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Type: Alienopterus brachyelytrus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (EMTG collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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