Bechala is a genus of insects that existed during the late Carboniferous in what is now Germany. It was first described by Jan-Michael Ilger and Carsten Brauckmann in 2012, and the type species is B. sommeri. Its type specimen was a wing (AKH 524) discovered at the Küchenberg quarry, in the Ziegelschiefer Formation. The wing measurements are 39×6 millimetres.[1] Bechala was originally assigned to the extinct order Megasecoptera, but a restudy instead assigned it to the superorder Odonatoptera.[2]

Bechala
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Odonatoptera
Family: Bechalidae
Genus: Bechala
Species:
B. sommeri
Binomial name
Bechala sommeri
Ilger & Brauckmann, 2012

References

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  1. ^ Jan-Michael Ilger and Carsten Brauckmann (2012). "First report of Namurian insects (Palaeodictyoptera; Megasecoptera; "basal Neoptera") from the Küchenberg near Fröndenberg/Ruhr (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 86 (2): 161–174. doi:10.1007/s12542-011-0122-0. S2CID 130403110.
  2. ^ Nel, A.; Ilger, J. M.; Brauckmann, C.; Prokop, J. (2012). "Bechala sommeri Ilger & Brauckmann, 2012 enlightens the Namurian griffenfly diversity (Insecta: Odonatoptera: Bechalidae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 43 (2): 161–169. doi:10.1163/1876312X04302003.
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