Palaeodictyopteroidea

Taxobox
name = Palaeodictyopteroidea
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
superordo = Palaeodictyopteroidea
superordo_authority = Rohdendorf, 1961
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =
* Palaeodictyoptera
* Megasecoptera
* Archodonata
* DiaphanopterodeaThe Palaeodictyopteroidea or Paleodictyopterida are an extinct superorder of Palaeozoic beaked insects, characterised by unique mouthparts consisting of 5 stylets. They represent the first important terrestrial herbivores, and the first major group of herbivorous insects. They appear during the Middle Carboniferous (late Serpukhovian or early Bashkirian) and continue through to the Late Permian. This large and diverse group includes 50% of all known Paleozoic insects.

External links

* [http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Paleodictyopteroidea Paleodictyopteroidea] at the Tree of Life project
* [http://palaeoentomolog.ru/New/dictyo.html Palaeodictyopteroidea] by Nina Sinitshenkova, 2002

References

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*cite book|author=Rasnitsyn, A.P. and Quicke, D.L.J. |title=History of Insects|year=2002|publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers|id=ISBN 1-4020-0026-X