Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1976. A New Insect from the Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, a Possible Parasite of Pterosaurians. Paleontological Journal 10(3):339-343
Parent taxon: Neoptera according to F. M. Carpenter 1992
Sister taxa: Ampelipteridae, Apheloneuridae, Aphryganoneura, Baryshnyalidae, Blattoneoptera, Climaconeura, Controversala, Ctenostematopteryx, Endoneoptera, Eopanorpella, Gelasopteridae, Glosselytrodea, Hemineoptera, Lemmatophoropsis, Marimerobius, Metropatorites, Micropalentomum, Ocellia, Orthoneoptera, Paoliida, Paraneoptera, Perielytron, Permembia, Polyneoptera, Protelytroptera, Protoperlaria, Protoprosbolidae, Saurodectidae, Saurophthiridae, Sphalmatoblattina, Synomaloptilidae, Teneopteridae, Tillyardites, Trachopterygidae, Trichorthophlebia, Uninervidae, Triadochorista schleeriethensis
Subtaxa: Saurophthirus longipes
Type: Saurophthirus longipes
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