Protopleciidae

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Bibionomorpha
Familia: †Protopleciidae
Genera: †Mesoplecia – †Mesopleciella – †Protoplecia

Name

Protopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1946: 41, 42

Type genus: Protoplecia Handlirsch, 1906.

References

Primary references

• Rohdendorf, B.B. 1946. Эволюция крыла и филогенез длинноусых двукрылых Oligoneura (Diptera, Nematocera) [The evolution of the wing and the phylogeny of Oligoneura (Diptera, Nematocera)]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 13(2): 1–108. (in Russian) Full volume (DjVu).

Additional references

• Lin, X., Shih, C. & Ren, D. 2014. Two new species of Mesoplecia (Insecta: Diptera: Protopleciidae) from the late Middle Jurassic of China. Zootaxa 3838(5): 545–556. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.5.3 Reference page.