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Prolystra

Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Prolystra Oppenheim p. 228
1890Cicadites Haase p. 18
1897Paleohomoptera Meunier p. 20
1906Protopsyche Handlirsch p. 623
1906Prolystra Handlirsch p. 624
1906Beloptesis Handlirsch p. 625
1992Beloptesis Hamilton p. 427
1992Prolystra Hamilton p. 427
1992Protopsyche Hamilton p. 427
2010Prolystra Wang et al. p. 574

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderAuchenorrhyncha()
infraorderCicadomorphaEvans 1946
infraorderProsbolomorphaPopov 1980
superfamilyPalaeontinoideaHandlirsch 1906
familyPalaeontinidae
genusProlystra

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. †Prolystra Oppenheim 1888
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Prolystra lithographica Oppenheim 1888
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Invalid names: Beloptesis gigantea Weyenbergh 1874 [synonym], Beloptesis oppenheimi Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Protopsyche braueri Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
Invalid names: Beloptesis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Cicadites Haase 1890 [synonym], Paleohomoptera Meunier 1897 [objective synonym], Protopsyche Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Wang et al. 2010Body robust. Mesonotum width about 20 mm, clearly wider than abdomen. Forewing triangular, length 43–46 mm; vein Sc unbranched; veins RA, RP and M separating at one point. Hindwing small; vein M4-branched.