Palaeodictyopteroidea

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Palaeodictyopteroidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Superorder: Palaeodictyopteroidea Rohdendorf, 1961
Orders
Palaeodictyoptera Megasecoptera Archodonata Diaphanopterodea

The 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.

[edit] External links

• Paleodictyopteroidea at the Tree of Life project
• Phylogenetic Systematics of Odonata by Günter Bechly, 2005
• Palaeodictyopteroidea by Nina Sinitshenkova, 2002

[edit] References

• Grimaldi, David and Engel, Michael S. (2005-05-16). Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82149-5. 
• Rasnitsyn, A.P. and Quicke, D.L.J. (2002). History of Insects. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 1-4020-0026-X.