Baissoptera is an extinct genus of snakefly in the Baissopteridae family which was described by Martynova in 1961. Since 1961, it has been described three times; Carpenter in 1992, Ponomarenko in 1988 and Engel in 2002. According to J. Jepson et al. in 2011, the parent taxon is Baissopteridae.[1][2] Fossils of the species have been found in Brazil, China, Spain and Russia.[1]

Baissoptera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Raphidioptera
Family: Baissopteridae
Genus: Baissoptera
Martynova, 1961

Species

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Baissoptera includes 14 species:

  • Baissoptera bicolor Lyu, Ren & Liu, 2017[3]
  • Baissoptera brasiliensis Oswald, 1990[4]
  • Baissoptera cellulosa Ponomarenko, 1993[5]
  • Baissoptera cretaceoelectra Pérez-de la Fuente et al., 2012[6]
  • Baissoptera elongata Ponomarenko, 1993[7]
  • Baissoptera euneura Ren, 1997[8]
  • Baissoptera grandis Ren, 1995[9]
  • Baissoptera liaoningensis Ren, 1994[10]
  • Baissoptera lisae Jepson et al., 2011[11]
  • Baissoptera martinsoni Martynova, 1961[12]
  • Baissoptera minima Ponomarenko, 1993[13]
  • Baissoptera pulchra Martins-Neto & Nel, 1992[14]
  • Baissoptera sibirica Ponomarenko, 1993[15]
  • Baissoptera sinica Lyu, Ren & Liu, 2017[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "†Baissoptera: Martynova, 1961 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  2. ^ O. M. Martynova (1961). "Sovremennye i vymershie verblyudki (Insecta, Raphidioptera)" [Recent and extinct snakeflies (Insecta, Raphidioptera)]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal (in Russian). 1961 (3): 73–83.
  3. ^ a b Ya-nan Lyu; Dong Ren; Xingyue Liu (2017). "Systematic revision of the fossil snakefly family Baissopteridae (Insecta: Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of China, with description of a new genus and three new species". Cretaceous Research. 80: 13–26. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.08.004.
  4. ^ "†Baissoptera brasiliensis: Oswald, 1990 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  5. ^ "†Baissoptera cellulosa: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  6. ^ "†Baissoptera cretaceoelectra: Pérez-de la Fuente et al., 2012 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  7. ^ "†Baissoptera elongata: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  8. ^ "†Baissoptera euneura: Ren, 1997 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  9. ^ "†Baissoptera grandis: Ren, 1995 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  10. ^ "†Baissoptera liaoningensis: Ren, 1994 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  11. ^ "†Baissoptera lisae: Jepson et al., 2011 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  12. ^ "†Baissoptera martinsoni: Martynova, 1961 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  13. ^ "†Baissoptera minima: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  14. ^ "†Baissoptera pulchra: Martins-Neto and Nel, 1992 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  15. ^ "†Baissoptera sibirica: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.