Insecta - Diaphanopterodea - Diaphanopteridae
Synonym: Diaphanopteritidae Handlirsch 1919
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Diaphanopterodea according to J. Prokop and J. Kukalová-Peck 2017
See also Béthoux and Nel 2003, Carpenter 1963, Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Pinto and de Ornellas 1978 and Rohdendorf 1961
Sister taxa: Alexrasnitsyniidae, Asthenohymenidae, Asthenohymenidea, Avionbrodia, Biarmohymenidae, Diapha, Diaphanopteridea, Elmodiapha, Elmoidae, Eudiaphanopterodea, Lodevohymen, Martynoviidae, Namurodiaphidae, Parabrodiidae, Paradiapha, Parelmoidae, Paruraliidae, Permodiapha, Prochoropteridae, Protodiapha, Rhaphidiopsidae, Sinodiaphidae, Stenodiapha, Velisopteridae
Subtaxa: Carrizodiaphanoptera Diaphanoptera Diaphpterum Philiasptilon
Type: Diaphanoptera
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: New Mexico collection)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), France (2), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences