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Spilapteroidea
''Spilapteroidea'' is an extinct superfamily of palaeodictyoptera The Palaeodictyoptera are an extinct order of medium-sized to very large, primitive Palaeozoic paleopterous insects. They are informative about the evolution of wings in insects. Overview They were characterized by beak-like mouthparts, used ...ns. References Prehistoric insect taxa Palaeodictyopteroidea {{carboniferous-animal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaeodictyoptera
The Palaeodictyoptera are an extinct order of medium-sized to very large, primitive Palaeozoic paleopterous insects. They are informative about the evolution of wings in insects. Overview They were characterized by beak-like mouthparts, used to pierce plant tissues for feeding. There is a similarity between their fore- and hindwings, and an additional pair of winglets on the prothorax, in front of the first pair of wings. They are known as "six-winged insects" because of the presence of a pair of wings on each of the thoracic segments. Their winglets provide clues to the origins of the first insect wings. The mouthparts were elongated, and included sharp piercing stylets, and possibly a sucking pump-like organ. Unlike modern sucking insects, such as the Hemipterans, the mouthparts were held vertically below the head, or projected forwards. They probably used these organs to suck juices from plants, although some may have been ectoparasites, or predators. Some types attained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spilapteridae
''Spilapterida'' is an extinct family of palaeodictyopterans. It is regarded as one of the most species-rich of its order. Subdivisions Subtaxa listed are genera, and all are extinct, unless otherwise noted. * '' Abaptilon'' * '' Baeoneura'' * '' Becquerelia'' * '' Bizarrea'' * '' Boltoniella'' * '' Delitzschala'' * ''Dunbaria ''Dunbaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Uses Root tubers of ''Dunbaria'' species have been used as traditional food for Aborigines of the Northern Territory The ...'' * '' Epitethe'' * '' Epithele'' * '' Homaloneura'' * '' Lamproptilia'' * '' Mcluckiepteron'' * '' Neuburgia'' * Palaeoneuriinae (subfamily) * '' Palaeoptilus'' * '' Paradunbaria'' * '' Permiakovia'' * '' Sinodunbaria'' * '' Spilaptera'' * '' Spiloptilus'' * '' Tectoptilus'' * '' Tytthospilaptera'' * '' Vorkutoneura'' References Prehistoric insect families Palaeodictyopteroidea {{carbon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prehistoric Insect Taxa
Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of symbols, marks, and images appears very early among humans, but the earliest known writing systems appeared 5000 years ago. It took thousands of years for writing systems to be widely adopted, with writing spreading to almost all cultures by the 19th century. The end of prehistory therefore came at very different times in different places, and the term is less often used in discussing societies where prehistory ended relatively recently. In the early Bronze Age, Sumer in Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley Civilisation, and ancient Egypt were the first civilizations to develop their own scripts and to keep historical records, with their neighbors following. Most other civilizations reached the end of prehistory during the following Iron Age. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
