Bojophlebia
Bojophlebia prokopi is an extinct species of winged insect.[1][2][3] Originally described as large mayfly-like insect,[4] this interpretation has since been denied, and it is currently treated as a sister group of Hydropalaeoptera, an infraclass which includes groups such as Odonatoptera.[3] A fossil that was described as nymph is now considered to be a separate taxon, Carbotriplura kukalovae.[5] The original description interpreted structures such as eyes and antennae, however these structures cannot be confirmed after restudy,[3] although this may be an example of over-interpretation by Kukalová-Peck, as has happened with other extinct insects such as Carbotriplura and Gerarus.[5][6]
| Bojophlebia Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Family: | †Bojophlebiidae Kukalová-Peck, 1985 |
| Genus: | †Bojophlebia Kukalová-Peck, 1985 |
| Species: | †B. prokopi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bojophlebia prokopi Kukalová-Peck, 1985 | |
References
- "Bojophlebia prokopi". Fossilworks. Retrieved 10 September 2021 from the Paleobiology Database.
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- Sroka, P.; Staniczek, A. H.; Bechly, G. (2015). "Revision of the giant pterygote insect Bojophlebia prokopi Kukalova-Peck, 1985 (Hydropalaeoptera: Bojophlebiidae) from the Carboniferous of the Czech Republic, with the first cladistic analysis of fossil palaeopterous insects". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (11): 963–982. doi:10.1080/14772019.2014.987958. S2CID 84037275.
- J. Kukalová-Peck. 1985. Ephemeroid wing venation based upon new gigantic Carboniferous mayflies and basic morphology, phylogeny, and metamorphosis of pterygote insects (Insecta, Ephemerida). Canadian Journal of Zoology 63(4):933-955
- Staniczek, Arnold H.; Sroka, Pavel; Bechly, Günter (2014). "Neither silverfish nor fowl: the enigmatic Carboniferous Carbotriplura kukalovae Kluge, 1996 (Insecta: Carbotriplurida) is the putative fossil sister group of winged insects (Insecta: Pterygota)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (4): 619–632. doi:10.1111/syen.12076. S2CID 83792881.
- Béthoux, Olivier; Briggs, Derek E. G. (2008). "How Gerarus lost its head: stem-group Orthoptera and Paraneoptera revisited". Systematic Entomology. 33 (3): 529–547. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00419.x. S2CID 84577837.
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