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Sphecopteridae

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Sphecopteridae

Taxonomy
Sphecopteridae was named by Carpenter (1951). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Megasecoptera by Carpenter (1951) and Carpenter (1992).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Cyclocelis acuta Brongniart p. 293 figs. Pl 15, fig 8
1906Cyclocelis acuta Handlirsch p. 318 figs. Pl XXXIII fig 8
1951Sphecopteridae Carpenter p. 345
1992Sphecopteridae Carpenter p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
—Megasecopteromorpha
orderMegasecoptera
familySphecopteridae
familySphecopteridae

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. †Sphecopteridae Carpenter 1951
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G. †Cyclocelis Brongniart 1894
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†Cyclocelis chatini Brongniart 1894
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Invalid names: Sphecoptera brongniartiana Handlirsch 1919 [synonym], Sphecoptera fenestrata Handlirsch 1919 [synonym]
†Cyclocelis devexa Sinitshenkova 2019
†Cyclocelis obscura Brongniart 1894
†Cycloscelis elegantissima Meunier 1908
G. †Sphecoptera Brongniart 1894
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†Sphecoptera brongniarti Meunier 1908
†Sphecoptera elegantissima Meunier 1908
†Sphecoptera gracilis Brongniart 1894
†Sphecoptera minor Brongniart 1894
†Sphecoptera pulchra Brongniart 1894
Invalid names: Cyclocelis acuta Brongniart 1894 [nomen dubium]
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Kungurian or 303.70000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Sphecoptera brongniarti, Cycloscelis elegantissima (121979) Sphecoptera gracilis, Cyclocelis minor, Cyclocelis chatini, Sphecoptera brongniartiana, Cyclocelis obscura, Cyclocelis acuta, Sphecoptera pulchra, Sphecoptera fenestrata (103635)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation (Komi republic) Cyclocelis devexa (201683)