Baissoptera

Baissoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Raphidioptera
Family:	Baissopteridae
Genus:	Baissoptera Martynova, 1961

Baissoptera is an extinct genus of snakefly in the Baissopteridae family which was described by Martynova in 1961. Since 1961, it has been described three times; Carpenter in 1992, Ponomarenko in 1988 and Engel in 2002. According to J. Jepson et al. in 2011, the parent taxon is Baissopteridae.^[1][2] Fossils of the species have been found in Brazil, China, Spain and Russia.^[1]

Species

Baissoptera includes 12 species:

• †Baissoptera brasiliensis Oswald, 1990^[3]
• †Baissoptera cellulosa Ponomarenko, 1993^[4]
• †Baissoptera cretaceoelectra Pérez-de la Fuente et al., 2012^[5]
• †Baissoptera elongata Ponomarenko, 1993^[6]
• †Baissoptera euneura Ren, 1997^[7]
• †Baissoptera grandis Ren, 1995^[8]
• †Baissoptera liaoningensis Ren, 1994^[9]
• †Baissoptera lisae Jepson et al., 2011^[10]
• †Baissoptera martinsoni Martynova, 1961^[11]
• †Baissoptera minima Ponomarenko, 1993^[12]
• †Baissoptera pulchra Martins-Neto and Nel, 1992^[13]
• †Baissoptera sibirica Ponomarenko, 1993^[14]

References

1. "†Baissoptera: Martynova, 1961 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
2. O. M. Martynova (1961). "Sovremennye i vymershie verblyudki (Insecta, Raphidioptera)" [Recent and extinct snakeflies (Insecta, Raphidioptera)]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal (in Russian). 1961 (3): 73–83.
3. "†Baissoptera brasiliensis: Oswald, 1990 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
4. "†Baissoptera cellulosa: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
5. "†Baissoptera cretaceoelectra: Pérez-de la Fuente et al., 2012 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
6. "†Baissoptera elongata: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
7. "†Baissoptera euneura: Ren, 1997 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
8. "†Baissoptera grandis: Ren, 1995 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
9. "†Baissoptera liaoningensis: Ren, 1994 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
10. "†Baissoptera lisae: Jepson et al., 2011 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
11. "†Baissoptera martinsoni: Martynova, 1961 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
12. "†Baissoptera minima: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
13. "†Baissoptera pulchra: Martins-Neto and Nel, 1992 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
14. "†Baissoptera sibirica: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.