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Eomeropidae

Insecta - Mecoptera - Eomeropidae

Taxonomy
Eomeropidae was named by Cockerell (1909). It is extant. Its type is Eomerope.

It was reranked as the family Eomeropidae by Willmann (1978), Willmann (1987) and Carpenter (1992).

It was assigned to Eomeropina by Willmann (1987); and to Mecoptera by Willmann (1978) and Carpenter (1992).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Eomeropidae Cockerell p. 384
1915Notiothaumidae Ebsen-Petersen
1972Notiothaumidae Carpenter p. 79
1978Eomeropidae Willmann p. 13
1978Blattomeropinae Willmann p. 14
1987Eomeropidae Willmann
1992Eomeropidae Carpenter

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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
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
Panorpomorpha
Eomeropina
familyEomeropidae
familyEomeropidae

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. Eomeropidae Cockerell 1909
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G. †Burmothauma Zhang et al. 2022
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Burmothauma eureka Zhang et al. 2022
G. †Eomerope Cockerell 1909
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Eomerope asiatica Ponomarenko 1974
Eomerope eonearctica Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2018
Eomerope macabeensis Archibald et al. 2005
Eomerope pacifica Ponomarenko 1974
Eomerope simpkinsae Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2018
Eomerope tortriciformis Cockerell 1909
G. †Jurachorista Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2016
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Jurachorista bashkuevi Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2016
G. †Jurathauma Zhang et al. 2011
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Jurathauma simplex Zhang et al. 2011
G. †Pronotiothauma Willmann 1978
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G. †Tsuchingothauma Ren and Shih 2005
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Tsuchingothauma gongi Zhao et al. 2019
Tsuchingothauma shihi Ren and Shih 2005
G. †Typhothauma Ren and Shih 2005
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Typhothauma agari Bashkuev and Jarzembowski 2023
Typhothauma excelsa Zhang et al. 2012
Typhothauma yixianensis Ren and Shih 2005
Invalid names: Blattomeropinae Willmann 1978 [invalid subgroup], Notiothaumidae Ebsen-Petersen 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available