Permotipulidae

Permotipulidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mecoptera
Suborder: Protodiptera
Family: Permotipulidae
Tillyard, 1929
Genera

Permotipulidae is an extinct family of insects within the order Protodiptera. Permotipulidae appeared in the Permian. Two genera are Permotipula and Permila which are close relatives to flies.[1]

References

  1. ^ Grimaldi, David and Michael S. Engel (2005-05-16). Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82149-5.