Meganeuridae

Extinct genus of dragonfly-like insects

Meganeuridae Temporal range: Pennsylvanian–Roadian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Fossil of Meganeura monyi

Life restoration of Meganeurites gracilipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	†Meganisoptera
Family:	†Meganeuridae Handlirsch 1906

Meganeuridae is an extinct family of griffinfly in the order Meganisoptera. There are more than 20 genera and 50 described species in Meganeuridae. This family of flies contain the genus Meganeuropsis, which has one of the biggest animals in the world, Meganeuropsis permiana. This species of fly had the longest insect wing ever found.^[1]^[2]

Genera

These 21 genera belong to the family Meganeuridae:

† Arctotypus Martynov, 1932
† Bohemiatupus Prokop & Nel, 2010
† Boltonites Handlirsch, 1919
† Carpentertypus Zessin 1983
† Curvitupus Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
† Ephemerites Geinitz, 1865
† Gallotupus Nel, Garrouste & Roques, 2008
† Gilsonia Meunier, 1908
† Meganeura Brongniart, 1885
† Meganeurina Handlirsch, 1919
† Meganeuropsis Carpenter, 1939
† Meganeurula Handlirsch, 1906
† Megatypus Tillyard 1925
† Nannotupus Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
† Oligotypus? Carpenter 1931 (may belongs to Paralogidae^[3])
† Permotupus Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
† Petrotypus Zalesskii, 1950
† Piesbergtupus Zessin, 2006
† Shenzhousia Zhang & Hong, 2006
† Stephanotypus Zessin 1983
† Tupus Sellards, 1906

Meganeurites gracilipes
Gallotupus oudardi
Boltonites radstockensis
Tupus permianus
Gilsonia titana
Meganeurina confusa

References

^ "Meganeuridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
^ "The Paleobiology Database, family Meganeuridae". Retrieved 2019-10-17.
^ Li, Yongjun; Béthoux, Olivier; Pang, Hong; Ren, Dong (2013). "Early Pennsylvanian Odonatoptera from the Xiaheyan locality (Ningxia, China): new material, taxa, and perspectives". Fossil Record. 16 (1): 117–139. doi:10.1002/mmng.201300006.