Tupus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: †Meganeuromorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Cladus: Antennopoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Superordo: Odonatoptera Cladus: Palaeodonatoptera Cladus: Plesiodonatoptera Cladus: Apodonatoptera Cladus: Paneodonatoptera Cladus: Neodonatoptera Cladus: Euodonatoptera Ordo: †Meganisoptera Subordo: †Meganeuromorpha

Familia: †Meganeuridae
Subfamilia: †Tupinae
Genus: †Tupus
Species: †T. gallicus – †T. gilmorei – †T. gracilis – †T. orientalis – †T. permianus – †T. whitei

Name

Tupus Sellards, 1906: 249 [conserved name]

Type species: Tupus permianus Sellards, 1906, by monotypy.

Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1317.

Synonyms

• Typus Sellards, 1909: 151 (unjustified emendation)
  • Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1317.
• Paragilsonia Zhang, Hong & Su in Su et al., 2012: 6 [syn.: Li et al., 2013]
  • Type species: Paragilsonia orientalis Zhang, Hong & Su, 2012 in Su et al., 2012, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• ICZN 1985. Opinion 1317. Tupus Sellards, 1906 (Insecta, Protodonata): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42(2): 169–170. BHL. Reference page. 
• Li, Y., Béthoux, O., Pang, H. & Ren, D. 2013. Early Pennsylvanian Odonatoptera from the Xiaheyan locality (Ningxia, China): new material, taxa, and perspectives. Fossil Record 16(1): 117–139. DOI: 10.1002/mmng.201300006 . [Corrigendum: 16(2): 244. DOI: 10.1002/mmng.201390000 .] Reference page. 
• Sellards, E.H. 1906. Types of Permian insects. American Journal of Science (series 4) 22: 249–258. BHL.
• Sellards, E.H. 1909. Types of Permian insects. Part III. Megasecoptera, Oryctoblattinidae and Protorthoptera. American Journal of Science (series 4) 27: 151–173. BHL.
• Su, Y., Zhang, Z. & Hong, Y. 2012. Two new ancient griffenflies (Insecta: Odonatoptera) from the Namurian of Ningxia, China. Insect Systematics & Evolution 43(1): 1–10. DOI: 10.1163/187631212X624205. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brauckmann, C. & Zessin, W. 1989. Neue Meganeuridae aus dem Namurium von Hagen-Vorhalle (BRD) und die Phylogenie der Meganisoptera (Insecta, Odonata). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (N.F.) 36(1–3): 177–215. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.19890360127 . Reference page. 
• Nel, A., Fleck, G., Garrouste, R., Gand, G., Lapeyrie, J., Bybee, S.M. & Prokop, J. 2009. Revision of Permo-Carboniferous griffenflies (Insecta: Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera) based upon new species and redescription of selected poorly known taxa from Eurasia. Palaeontographica (A) 289: 89–121. DOI: 10.1127/pala/289/2009/89 . Reference page.