Miomoptera

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Miomoptera Fossil range: Middle Carboniferous - Middle Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Superorder: Endopterygota Order: Miomoptera
Families
Metropatoridae Archaemiopteridae Palaeomanteidae
Synonyms
Palaeomanteida

Miomoptera is an extinct order of insects. It is considered to be a common ancestor of all holometabolous insects, but because there is no know smooth transition between Miomoptera and other holometabolous insect orders it is considered to be in a separate superorder.

Adult morphology suggests the adults lived in open habitats. The morphology and gut content shows they fed on the pollen and strobili of gymnosperms. Based on the morphology of the ovipositor, larvae also fed on the pollen of strobili, moving between the scales from one microsporangium to another.^[1]

[edit] Families and genera

• Metropatoridae
  • Metropator
• Archaemiopteridae
  • Archaemioptera
  • Eodelopterum
  • Saaromioptera
  • Tychtodelopterum
• Palaeomanteidae
  • Palaeomantis
  • Delopterum
  • Miomatoneura
  • Miomatoneurella
  • Permodelopterum
  • Perunopterum

Reference:^[2]

[edit] Reference

1. ^ Novokshonov, V. G.; L. V. Zhuzhgova (2004). "Discussion of the System and Phylogeny of the Order Palaeomanteida (= Miomoptera) (...)" (PDF). Paleontological Journal, 38 (Suppl. 2): S173–S184. 
2. ^ Tree of Life Web Project. 2003. Miomoptera. in The Tree of Life Web Project,