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
Belongs to Spilaptera according to K. Rosová et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Spilaptera americana, Spilaptera libelluloides, Spilaptera packardi, Spilaptera splendens, Spilaptera tanaica, Spilaptera venusta
Type specimen: Museum am Schölerberg PAL 1450, a forewing. Its type locality is Piesberg quarry, "Flöz Dreibänke" (Museum am Schölerberg collection), which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine deltaic claystone in the Flöz Dreibänke Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Piesberg quarry, "Flöz Dreibänke" (Museum am Schölerberg collection)
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