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Miamia

Insecta - Cnemidolestodea - Spanioderidae

Taxonomy

Miamia was named by Dana (1864). Its type is Miamia bronsoni.

It was assigned to Protorthoptera by Carpenter (1992); to Archaeorthoptera by Béthoux (2008) and Béthoux and Jarzembowski (2010); and to Spanioderidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922) and Aristov (2014).

Species

M. bronsoni (syn. Spaniodera longicollis, Cheliphlebia extensa, Spaniodera ambulans, Spaniodera schucherti, Spaniodera lata, Termes contusus, Spaniodera acutipennis, Propteticus infernus, Spaniodera parvula, Spaniodera elatior, Metryia analis, Dictyoneura clarinervis, Spaniodera angusta, Petromartus indistinctus) (type species), M. maimai, M. rossorum, M. silvatica, Spaniodera simplex

Synonyms

Spaniodera was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type is Spaniodera ambulans.

It was synonymized subjectively with Propteticus by Carpenter (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Miamia by Béthoux (2008).

It was assigned to Spanioderidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1911), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922).
Didymophleps was named by Scudder (1885). Its type is Termes contusus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Miamia by Béthoux (2008).

It was assigned to Protorthoptera by Handlirsch (1919) and Carpenter (1992).
Propteticus was named by Scudder (1885). Its type is Propteticus infernus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Miamia by Béthoux (2008).

It was assigned to Spanioderidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922) and Carpenter (1992).
Petromartus was named by Melander (1903). Its type is Petromartus indistinctus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Propteticus by Carpenter (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Miamia by Béthoux (2008).

It was assigned to Spanioderidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922).
Metryia was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type is Metryia analis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Propteticus by Carpenter (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Miamia by Béthoux (2008).

It was assigned to Spanioderidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922).
Camptophlebia was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type is Dictyoneura clarinervis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Propteticus by Carpenter (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Miamia by Béthoux (2008).

It was assigned to Spanioderidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922).
Paracheliphlebia was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type is Cheliphlebia extensa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Propteticus by Carpenter (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Miamia by Béthoux (2008).

It was assigned to Spanioderidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922).
Anthraconeura was named by Laurentiaux and Laurentiaux-Vieira (1980). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Anthraconeuridae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Miamia by Béthoux (2008).

It was assigned to Anthraconeuridae by Laurentiaux and Laurentiaux-Vieira (1980); and to Pachytylopsidae by Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1864	Miamia Dana p. 35
1885	Didymophleps Scudder p. 330
1885	Propteticus Scudder p. 333
1903	Petromartus Melander p. 191
1906	Spaniodera Handlirsch p. 129
1906	Camptophlebia Handlirsch p. 130
1906	Propteticus Handlirsch p. 130
1906	Miamia Handlirsch p. 131
1906	Paracheliphlebia Handlirsch p. 131
1906	Petromartus Handlirsch p. 131
1906	Metryia Handlirsch p. 133
1906	Spaniodera Handlirsch p. 696
1906	Camptophlebia Handlirsch p. 698
1906	Paracheliphlebia Handlirsch p. 699
1906	Metryia Handlirsch p. 700
1911	Spaniodera Handlirsch
1919	Camptophlebia Handlirsch p. 538
1919	Miamia Handlirsch p. 538
1919	Paracheliphlebia Handlirsch p. 538
1919	Petromartus Handlirsch p. 538
1919	Propteticus Handlirsch p. 538
1919	Spaniodera Handlirsch p. 538
1919	Metryia Handlirsch p. 539
1919	Didymophleps Handlirsch p. 556
1922	Spaniodera Handlirsch p. 70
1922	Camptophlebia Handlirsch p. 71
1922	Paracheliphlebia Handlirsch p. 71
1922	Propteticus Handlirsch p. 71
1922	Miamia Handlirsch p. 72
1922	Petromartus Handlirsch p. 72
1922	Metryia Handlirsch p. 73
1980	Anthraconeura Laurentiaux and Laurentiaux-Vieira p. 407
1992	Anthraconeura Carpenter p. 103
1992	Propteticus Carpenter p. 122
1992	Didymophleps Carpenter p. 132
1992	Miamia Carpenter p. 133
2008	Miamia Béthoux p. 147
2010	Miamia Béthoux and Jarzembowski
2014	Miamia Aristov p. 14

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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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
superorder	Archaeorthoptera
order	Cnemidolestodea
suborder	Cnemidolestina
family	Spanioderidae
genus	Miamia

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. †Miamia Dana 1864

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†Miamia bronsoni Dana 1864

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Invalid names: Cheliphlebia extensa Melander 1903 [synonym], Dictyoneura clarinervis Melander 1903 [synonym], Metryia analis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Petromartus indistinctus Melander 1903 [synonym], Propteticus infernus Scudder 1885 [synonym], Spaniodera acutipennis Handlirsch 1911 [synonym], Spaniodera ambulans Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Spaniodera angusta Handlirsch 1911 [synonym], Spaniodera elatior Handlirsch 1911 [synonym], Spaniodera lata Handlirsch 1911 [synonym], Spaniodera longicollis Handlirsch 1911 [synonym], Spaniodera parvula Handlirsch 1911 [synonym], Spaniodera schucherti Handlirsch 1911 [synonym], Termes contusus Scudder 1878 [synonym]

†Miamia maimai Béthoux et al. 2012

†Miamia rossorum Béthoux and Jarzembowski 2010

†Miamia silvatica Laurentiaux and Laurentiaux-Vieira 1980

Invalid names: Anthraconeura Laurentiaux and Laurentiaux-Vieira 1980 [synonym], Camptophlebia Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Didymophleps Scudder 1885 [synonym], Metryia Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Paracheliphlebia Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Petromartus Melander 1903 [synonym], Propteticus Scudder 1885 [synonym], Spaniodera Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available