Revision of the enigmatic insect family Anthracoptilidae enlightens the evolution of Palaeozoic stem-dictyopterans

Revision of the enigmatic insect family Anthracoptilidae enlightens the evolution of Palaeozoic stem-dictyopterans

The position of the Palaeozoic Anthracoptilidae has been a major problem of insect systematics for over a century. The previous hypotheses suggested affinities of Anthracoptilidae with the Palaeodictyopteroida, Protorthoptera, Hypoperlida, stem-Mantodea, Paraneoptera, Holometabola, or Eoblattida. He...

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Main Authors: Zhaoying Guan, Jakub Prokop, Jean Lapeyrie, Patrick Roques, André Nel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2016-02-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
Insecta
Neoptera
Paoliida
systematics
Carboniferous
Permian
France
USA
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app61/app000512014.pdf

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