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Opisthogonopora

Insecta - Mecoptera

Taxonomy
Opisthogonopora was named by Willmann (1987). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pistillifera by Willmann (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Opisthogonopora Willmann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
infraorderOpisthogonopora

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.

Infraor. Opisthogonopora Willmann 1987
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Fm. Meropeidae Handlirsch 1906 [earwigfly]
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Subfm. †Boreomeropeinae Soszyńska-Maj and Krzemiński 2017
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G. †Boreomerope Novokshonov 1995
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†Boreomerope antiqua Novokshonov 1995
Subfm. †Burmomeropeinae Soszyńska-Maj and Krzemiński 2017
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G. †Burmomerope Grimaldi and Engel 2013
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†Burmomerope bashkuevi Sun et al. 2020
†Burmomerope clara Zhao and Wang 2016
†Burmomerope eureka Grimaldi and Engel 2013
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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]
Unr. Panorpina Willmann 1987
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Unr. Panorpini Willmann 1987
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Superfm. Choristoidea Esben-Petersen 1915
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Fm. Choristidae Esben-Petersen 1915
Superfm. Panorpoidea
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Fm. †Australochoristidae Krzemiński et al. 2015
Fm. †Austropanorpidae Willmann 1977
Fm. †Cantabridae Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2022
Fm. †Dinopanorpidae Carpenter 1972
Fm. †Eorpidae Archibald et al. 2013
Fm. †Orthophlebiidae Handlirsch 1906
Fm. Panorpidae Latreille 1802 [common scorpionfly]
Fm. Panorpodidae Handlirsch 1920 [short-faced scorpionfly]
Fm. †Protorthophlebiidae Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available