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Protomeropidae

Insecta - Protomeroptera - Protomeropidae

Taxonomy

Protomeropidae was named by Tillyard (1926).

It was assigned to Permotrichoptera by Sukacheva (1976); to Amphiesmenoptera by Willmann (1978); to Protomeropina by Sukatsheva et al. (2007); to Mecoptera by Minet et al. (2010); and to Protomeroptera by Engel (2022) and Wang et al. (2022).

Subtaxa

Glanomerope, Marimerobius, Permomerope, Platychorista (syn. Protomerope), Pseudomerope, Pseudomeropella, Stenomerope, Westphalomerope

Synonyms

Platychoristidae was named by Carpenter (1930).

It was synonymized subjectively with Protomeropidae by Sukacheva (1976) and Willmann (1978).

It was assigned to Mecoptera by Carpenter (1930).
Permomeropidae was named by Riek (1953).

It was synonymized subjectively with Protomeropidae by Sukacheva (1976) and Sukatsheva et al. (2007).

It was assigned to Protomecoptera by Riek (1953); and to Amphiesmenoptera by Willmann (1978).
Marimerobiidae was named by Willmann (1978). Its type is Marimerobius.

It was synonymized subjectively with Protomeropidae by Novokshonov (1997).

It was assigned to Mecoptera by Willmann (1978).
Marimerobiidae was named by Engel (2022). Its type is Marimerobius.

It was synonymized objectively with Marimerobiidae by Clapham (2023).

It was assigned to Mecopterida by Engel (2022).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1926	Protomeropidae Tillyard p. 157
1930	Platychoristidae Carpenter p. 77
1953	Permomeropidae Riek p. 56
1976	Protomeropidae Sukacheva p. 199
1978	Marimerobiidae Willmann p. 5
1978	Protomeropidae Willmann p. 110
1978	Permomeropidae Willmann p. 111
2007	Protomeropidae Sukatsheva et al.
2010	Protomeropidae Minet et al. p. 267
2022	Marimerobiidae Engel
2022	Protomeropidae Engel
2022	Marimerobiidae Engel p. 3
2022	Protomeropidae Wang et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Amphiesmenoptera	Kiriakoff 1948
order	Protomeroptera
family	Protomeropidae
family	Protomeropidae

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.

Fm. †Protomeropidae Tillyard 1926

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G. †Glanomerope Poschmann and Nel 2021

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†Glanomerope virgoferroa Poschmann and Nel 2021

G. †Permomerope Tillyard 1926

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†Permomerope australis Tillyard 1926

†Permomerope karaungirica Sukacheva 1976

†Permomerope nanus Riek 1953

†Permomerope natalensis Sukatsheva and Mostovski 2007

†Permomerope ramosa Sukacheva 1976

G. †Platychorista Tillyard 1926

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†Platychorista venosa Tillyard 1926

Invalid names: Protomerope permiana Tillyard 1926 [synonym]

Invalid names: Protomerope Tillyard 1926 [synonym]

G. †Pseudomerope Kukalová-Peck and Willmann 1990

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†Pseudomerope gallei Kukalová-Peck and Willmann 1990

†Pseudomerope havlati Kukalová-Peck and Willmann 1990

†Pseudomerope mareki Kukalová-Peck and Willmann 1990

†Pseudomerope oborana Kukalová-Peck and Willmann 1990

G. †Pseudomeropella Kukalová-Peck and Willmann 1990

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†Pseudomeropella nekvasilovae Kukalová-Peck and Willmann 1990

G. †Stenomerope Kukalová-Peck and Willmann 1990

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†Stenomerope spinari Kukalová-Peck and Willmann 1990

G. †Westphalomerope Nel et al. 2007

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†Westphalomerope maryvonneae Nel et al. 2007

Invalid names: Marimerobiidae Willmann 1978 [synonym], Permomeropidae Riek 1953 [synonym], Platychoristidae Carpenter 1930 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Changhsingian or 318.70000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A	318.7 - 316.9	France	Westphalomerope maryvonneae (122506)
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	Czech Republic	Protomeropidae indet., Pseudomerope mareki, Pseudomerope havlati, Pseudomerope oborana, Pseudomeropella nekvasilovae, Stenomerope spinari (114186) Pseudomerope gallei (114141)
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	Germany	Glanomerope virgoferroa (112604)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	USA (Kansas)	Platychorista venosa (111217) Platychorista venosa, Protomerope permiana (111219)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	Russian Federation	Marimerobius sp. (107787) Marimerobius sp., Marimerobius sukatchevae (114207) Marimerobius splendens (155819) Protomeropidae indet. (102504)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	Russian Federation (Suksun)	Marimerobius sp. (116641) Marimerobius sp., Protomeropidae indet. (108206) Protomeropidae indet. (122753 122864 124241)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	Australia (New South Wales)	Permomerope australis (107958 122423) Permomerope australis, Permomerope nanus (122433)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	Kazakhstan (Zaisan)	Permomerope karaungirica, Permomerope ramosa (107957) Permomerope sp., Permomerope karaungirica, Permomerope ramosa (105062)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal)	Permomerope natalensis (14361)