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Megalometer

Insecta - Protorthoptera

Taxonomy
Megalometer was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type is Megalometer lata.

It was assigned to Protoblattoidea by Handlirsch (1906); to Cheliphlebiidae by Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922); and to Protorthoptera by Carpenter (1992).

Species
M. lata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Megalometer Handlirsch p. 169
1919Megalometer Handlirsch p. 562
1922Megalometer Handlirsch p. 105
1992Megalometer Carpenter p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
RankNameAuthor
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderProtorthoptera
genusMegalometer

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Megalometer Handlirsch 1906
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†Megalometer lata Handlirsch 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available