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Meganeuropsis permiana
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Meganeuropsis.
Meganeuropsis permiana described in 1939 from Elmo, Kansas. It was one of the largest known insects that ever lived, with a reconstructed wing length of 330 millimetres (13 in), an estimated wingspan of up to 710 millimetres (28 in), and a body length from head to tail of almost 430 millimetres (17 in). The holotype is held in the Museum of Comparative Zoology.