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Lithoptilus

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Megaptilidae

Taxonomy
Lithoptilus was named by Lameere (1917). It is the type genus of Lithoptilidae.

It was assigned to Lithoptilidae by Handlirsch (1922); and to Megaptilidae by Kukalová (1969) and Carpenter (1992).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Lithoptilus Lameere p. 157
1919Anaxion Handlirsch p. 529
1922Lithoptilus Handlirsch p. 44
1969Lithoptilus Kukalová p. 482
1992Lithoptilus Carpenter p. 30

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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)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
familyMegaptilidae
genusLithoptilus

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. †Lithoptilus Lameere 1917
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Lithoptilus boulei Meunier 1908
Invalid names: Anaxion Handlirsch 1919 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available