Protorthoptera
Extinct order of insects
The Protorthoptera are an extinct order of Palaeozoic insects, and represent a wastebasket taxon and paraphyletic assemblage of basal neoptera [citation needed ] . They appear during the Middle Carboniferous (late Serpukhovian or early Bashkirian ), making them among the earliest known winged insects in the fossil record. Pronotal lobes may be expanded to form a shield. The group includes the ancestors of all other polyneopterous insects.
Families and genera
Protorthoptera [ 1]
†Adeloneuridae Carpenter, 1938
†Anthracoptilidae Handlirsch, 1922
†Anthracothremmidae Handlirsch, 1906
†Apithanidae Handlirsch, 1911
†Asyncritidae Handlirsch, 1911
†Blattinopsidae Bolton, 1925 (synonym Oryctoblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906 )
†Cheliphlebidae Handlirsch, 1911
†Cymbopsidae Kukalova, 1965
†Epimastacidae
†Eucaenidae Handlirsch, 1906 (synonym Teneopteridae)
†Hadentomidae Handlirsch, 1906 (synonym Hadentomoidea Handlirsch, 1906 )
†Hapalopteridae Handlirsch, 1906 (synonym Aenigmatodidae Handlirsch, 1906 & Hapalopteroidea Handlirsch, 1906 )
†Heteroptilidae Carpenter, 1977
†Homalophlebiidae Handlirsch, 1906
†Homoeodictyidae
†Pachytylopsidae
†Stenoneuridae
†Stereopteridae Carpenter, 1950
†Strephocladidae Martynov, 1938
†Stygnidae Handlirsch, 1906
†Thoronysididae
†Incertae sedis
†Acridites Germar, 1842
†Adiphlebia Scudder, 1885
†Agogoblattina Handlirsch, 1906
†Anthrakoris Richardson, 1956
†Archaeologus Handlirsch, 1906
†Archimastax Handlirsch, 1906
†Atava Sellards, 1909
†Axiologus Handlirsch, 1906
†Chrestotes Scudder, 1868
†Commentrya Lameere, 1917
†Didymophleps Scudder, 1885
†Endoiasmus Handlirsch, 1906
†Geraroides Handlirsch, 1906
†Gyrophlebia Handlirsch, 1906
†Hemerista Dana, 1864
†Lecopterum Sellards, 1909
†Megalometer Handlirsch, 1906
†Metacheliphlebia Handlirsch, 1906
†Miamia Dana, 1864
†Polyetes Handlirsch, 1906
†Pruvostia Bolton, 1921
†Pseudogerarus Handlirsch, 1906
†Pseudopolyernus Handlirsch, 1906
†Ptenodera Bolton, 1922
†Schuchertiella Handlirsch, 1911
References