Insecta - Megasecoptera - Aspidothoracidae
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1919. Revision der Paläozoischen Insekten. Denkschriften der Akademie Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 96:511-592
Parent taxon: Megasecoptera according to A. A. Santos et al. 2025
See also Carpenter 1951, Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1919 and Pecharová et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Adiaphtharsia, Alectoneuridae, Anchineuridae, Ancopteridae, Archaeoscolex, Archaeoscolex corneus, Arcioneuridae, Aspidohymenidae, Bardohymenidae, Brodiidae, Caulopteridae, Corydaloididae, Dictyoneurellidae, Engisopteridae, Eumegasecoptera, Foririidae, Ischnoptilidae, Lameereites, Mischopteridae, Moravohymenidae, Piesbergpteridae, Protohymenidae, Scytohymenidae, Sphecopteridae, Sphecorydaloididae, Vorkutiidae, Xenopteraidae, Raphidiopsis
Subtaxa: Aspidothorax
Type: Aspidothorax
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of France (1), Germany (1), Spain (1)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences