Protodiptera is an extinct suborder of
mecoptera
Mecoptera (from the Greek: ''mecos'' = "long", ''ptera'' = "wings") is an order of insects in the superorder Endopterygota with about six hundred species in nine families worldwide. Mecopterans are sometimes called scorpionflies after their lar ...
n insects containing the two families
Permotanyderidae and
Permotipulidae with a total of four genera ''
Choristotanyderus'', ''
Permila'', ''
Permotanyderus'' and ''
Permotipula''.
References
External links
David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel. ''Evolution of the insects''
Permian insects
Extinct insect orders
Permian first appearances
Mecoptera
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