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Megapterites
Taxonomy
Megapterites was named by Cockerell (1920). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Megapteritinae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Formicium by Blank et al. (2009) and Bolton (2012).
It was assigned to Pseudosiricinae by Cockerell (1921); to Pseudosiricidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Megapteritinae by Maa (1949) and Schiff et al. (2012).
It was synonymized subjectively with Formicium by Blank et al. (2009) and Bolton (2012).
It was assigned to Pseudosiricinae by Cockerell (1921); to Pseudosiricidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Megapteritinae by Maa (1949) and Schiff et al. (2012).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1920 | Megapterites Cockerell p. 278 |
| 1921 | Megapterites Cockerell p. 22 |
| 1949 | Megapterites Maa p. 77 |
| 1992 | Megapterites Carpenter |
| 2012 | Megapterites Schiff et al. p. 111 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available