Glosselytrodea is an extinct order of insects, containing about thirty species. Its fossil record dates from the Permian to the Upper Jurassic, and is distributed across Eurasia, the Americas, and Australia.[1][2] Its classification is uncertain, but may be closely related to Neuropterida or Orthoptera.[3]
An ongoing argument about whether this species falls under the Neuropterida or Orthoptera classification has been going on for decades, but scientists refer to its classification through specifics such as wing structure and genetic organization. The Glosselytrodea order resonates to the Neuropterida species through the constructional shape of its wings whilst it is related to the Orthoptera species through the organization of its veins.[4]
Moscheloptera Pérez‐de la Fuente, Nel and Poschmann, 2022
Permoberotha Tillyard, 1932
Sylvaelytron Novokshonov, 1998
Polycytellidae Martynova, 1952
Argentinoglosselytrina Martins-Neto and Gallego, 2001
Moltenojurina Béthoux and Anderson, 2021
Polycytella Tillyard, 1922
References
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^Penney, David; Jepson, James E. (2014). Fossil Insects: An Introduction to Palaeoentomology. Siri Scientific Press. ISBN 978-0-9574530-6-7.
^Huang, Di-ying (2007). "The first Glosselytrodea (Insecta) from the latest Middle Permian of Anhui Province, China". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 112 (2). Société entomologique de France: 179–182. Bibcode:2007AnSEF.112..179H. doi:10.3406/bsef.2007.16418.
^Grimaldi, David; Engel, Michael S. (2005). Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-26877-7.