Hypoperlina

Idelopsocus splendens, from Rasnitsyn (2002).

Belongs within: Paraneoptera.

The Hypoperlina are a group of insects known from the Middle Carboniferous to the Early Permian. At least some species are known to have fed on pollen.

Characters (from Rasnitsyn 2002): Slender; short-headed; wings more or less oligoneurous, rest position roof-like.

<==Hypoperlina
    |  i. s.: Xenoneura R02
    |--Asiuropa [Asiuropidae] R02
    |    `--A. uralensis R02
    |--Letopalopteridae R02
    |    |--Letopaloptera R02
    |    `--Permindigena lientericus R02
    `--Hypoperlidae R02
         |--Martynopsocus R02
         |--Hypoperla elegans R02
         |--Idelopsocus splendens R02
         |--Kaltanelmoa R02
         `--Boreopsocus danksae R02

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[R02] Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2002. Cohors Cimiciformes Laicharting, 1781. In History of Insects (A. P. Rasnitsyn & D. L. J. Quicke, eds) pp. 104-115. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht.