Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Spilapteridae

Full reference: K. Rosová, M. Pecharová, A. Leipner and J. Prokop. 2022. New palaeodictyopterid insects from the Pennsylvanian of Piesberg reveal spectacular disparity in the patterns of the wing venation (Megasecoptera, Palaeodictyoptera). Historical Biology 35:152-162

Parent taxon: Spilapteridae according to K. Rosová et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Abaptilon, Baeoneura, Becquerelia, Bizarrea, Delitzschala, Dunbaria, Epitethe, Epithele, Homaloneura, Lamproptilia, Lamproptilia stirrupi, Mcluckiepteron, Neuburgia, Palaeoptilus, Paradunbaria, Permiakovia, Sinodunbaria, Spilaptera, Spiloptilus, Tectoptilus, Tytthospilaptera, Vorkutoneura, Palaeoneuriinae, Boltoniella

Subtaxa: Saxonyptilus sowiaki

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Type: Saxonyptilus sowiaki

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Piesberg quarry, "Flöz Dreibänk" (Sowiak coll) (Carboniferous of Germany)

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