†order Protomeroptera Engel 2022 (winged insect)
Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2022. Establishment of some clade names for Amphiesmenoptera (Insecta: Holometabola). Novitates Paleoentomologicae 24:1-7
Parent taxon: Amphiesmenoptera according to M. S. Engel 2022
See also Wang et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Aphryganoneura, Liadoptilia, Metamphiesmenoptera, Microcarbonella, Necrotaulius handlirschi, Necrotaulius regularis, Necrotaulius vicinus, Permotrichoptera, Stereochoristidae, Trichopteridium
Subtaxa: Protomeropidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections), Czechia (2), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (2), the Russian Federation (9), South Africa (1), United States (2: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of France (1)
Total: 21 collections including 33 occurrences