Pseudomesoptilus, Guan & Prokop & Roques & Lapeyrie & Nel, 2016

Guan, Zhaoying, Prokop, Jakub, Roques, Patrick, Lapeyrie, Jean & Nel, André, 2016, Revision of the enigmatic insect family Anthracoptilidae enlightens the evolution of Palaeozoic stem-dictyopterans, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61 (1), pp. 71-87 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.00051.2014
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11061031
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scientific name	Pseudomesoptilus
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Genus Pseudomesoptilus nov.

Etymology: To indicate it was originally included into the genus Mesoptilus .

Type species: Mesoptilus sellardsi Lameere, 1917 ; monotypic, see below.

Diagnosis.—Presence of two main veins ( RP and MA?) emerging separately from radius; RP emerging distal of mid part of wing, instead of in the basal third or fourth; absence of brace or approximation between RP and median vein or between median vein and CuA.

Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Stephanian, Carboniferous (= Gzhelian, Upper Pennsylvanian), France.