†suborder Protomecoptera Tillyard 1917 (scorpionfly)
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1917. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland No. 1 Planipennia, Trichoptera, and the new order Protomecoptera. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42(165):175-200
Parent taxon: Mecoptera according to O. M. Martynova 1958
Sister taxa: Anemeca, Aneuretopsychidae, Anormochoristidae, Cyclopterinidae, Dinopanorpidae, Eobanksiidae, Eumecoptera, Holcorpidae, Liassopanorpa, Lithopanorpidae, Mecaenigma, Mendozachoristidae, Nannomecoptera, Nedubroviidae, Paramecoptera, Paratrichoptera, Permocentropidae, Pistillifera, Protodiptera, Protomeropidae, Pseudopolycentropodidae, Reprehensa, Stereochoristidae, Thaumatomeropidae, Tipulidites
Subtaxa: Archipanorpidae, Kaltanidae
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