Clatrotitan

Clatrotitan is an extinct genus of titanopteran insect, known from the Triassic of Australia.^[1] It is originally described from a species, C. andersoni, then later study considered that Mesotitan scullyi as species of Clatrotitan too. But another study synonymized Mesotitan and Clatrotitan. A study in 2021 proposed to keep the two genera Clatrotitan and Mesotitan separated.^[2] C. andersoni had a large forewing, which was 13.8 centimetres (5.4 in) long.^[3]

Clatrotitan Temporal range: Anisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Forewing of Clatrotitan andersoni (Scale bar: 10 mm)
Speculative diagrammatic reconstruction, missing elements reconstructed after Gigatitan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	†Titanoptera
Family:	†Mesotitanidae
Genus:	†Clatrotitan McKeown, 1937
Type species
Clatrotitan andersoni McKeown, 1937
Species
C. andersoni McKeown, 1937 C. scullyi? Tillyard, 1925

References

1. "Fossilworks: Clatrotitan". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
2. Schubnel, Thomas; Legendre, Frédéric; Roques, Patrick; Garrouste, Romain; Cornette, Raphaël; Perreau, Michel; Perreau, Naïl; Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure; Nel, André (2021-07-08). "Sound vs. light: wing-based communication in Carboniferous insects". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02281-0. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 8266802. PMID 34239029. S2CID 235777698.
3. McKeown, Keith C. (1937-05-15). "New fossil insect wings (Protohemiptera, family Mesotitanidae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 20 (1): 31–37. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.20.1937.565. ISSN 0067-1975.^{[permanent dead link]}