†order Protelytroptera Tillyard 1931 (winged insect)
PaleoDB taxon number: 189433
Synonym: Skleroptera Kirejtshuk and Nel 2013 (taxon 288038)
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1931. Kansas Permian Insects, Part 13: The New Order Protelytroptera with a Discussion of its Relationships. American Journal of Science, Series 5 21(123):232-266
Parent taxon: Coleopterida according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. Nel 2013
Sister taxa: Coleoptera, Stephanastidae, Strepsiptera
Subtaxa: Apachelytridae, Archelytridae, Arctocoleus, Bardocoleidae, Crasselytron, Dermelytridae, Elytroneuridae, Glabelytron, Labidelytridae, Megelytridae, Permelytridae, Permophilidae, Planelytridae, Protelytridae, Protelytropsis, Protocoleidae, Rugelytron, Stephanastidae, Stephanastus, Venelytron
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