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Megaphotina

Insecta - Mantodea - Chaeteessidae

Taxonomy
Megaphotina was named by Gratshev and Zherikhin (1993). Its type is Megaphotina sichotensis.

It was assigned to Chaeteessidae by Gratshev and Zherikhin (1993).

Species
M. sichotensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Megaphotina Gratshev and Zherikhin p. 156

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderMantodeaBurmeister 1838
suborderNeomantodea
infraorderEumantodea
superfamilyChaeteessoideaHandlirsch 1925
familyChaeteessidaeHandlirsch 1925
genusMegaphotina

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. †Megaphotina Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
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†Megaphotina sichotensis Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available