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Extinct genus of insects From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baissoptera is an extinct genus of snakefly in the Baissopteridae family which was described by Martynova in 1961. Since 1961, it has been described three times; Carpenter in 1992, Ponomarenko in 1988 and Engel in 2002. According to J. Jepson et al. in 2011, the parent taxon is Baissopteridae.[1][2] Fossils of the species have been found in Brazil, China, Spain and Russia.[1]
Baissoptera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Raphidioptera |
Family: | †Baissopteridae |
Genus: | †Baissoptera Martynova, 1961 |
Baissoptera includes 14 species:
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