D. S. Aristov
Classification of the order Cnemidolestida (Insecta: Perlidea) with descriptions of new taxa.
Number: 277, Pages: 1 - 46
The order Cnemidolestida (Insecta: Perlidea) is revised. A total of 11 families from the Carboniferous and Permian of Eurasia, North America, and South America and from the Triassic of Europe are included in the order: Cnemidolestidae Handlirsch, 1906, Spanioderidae Handlirsch, 1906, Gerapompidae Handlirsch, 1906, Cymenophlebiidae Pruvost, 1919, Emphylopteridae Handlirsch, 1922, Tillyardembiidae G. Zalessky, 1938, Psoropteridae Carpenter, 1976, Sylvabestiidae Aristov, 2000, Prygidae Aristov et Rasnitsyn, 2014, Neraphidiidae Aristov, fam. n. , and Ctenoptilidae Aristov, fam. n. New synonymies are established: Cnemidolestidae = Aetophlebiidae syn. n. , = Narkemidae syn. n., = Narkeminidae syn. n. ; Emphylopteridae = Guloidae syn. n. ; and Spanioderidae = Anthraconeuridae syn. n. , = Carpenteropteridae syn. n. The family Cymenophlebiidae and genus Dieconeurites Handlirsch, 1906, previously considered synonyms, are reestablished as valid. Two new genera (both from the Permian of Russia) are described in the family Sylvabestiidae: Ivkinus Aristov, gen. n. (type species Mezenalicula conjucta Aristov et Storozhenko, 2011 = Ivkinus conjuctus comb. n. ) and Kityakia Aristov, gen. n. (type species Kityakia attrita Aristov, sp. n. ); a new combination is proposed: Permula edemskii Aristov et Storozhenko, 2011 = Sojanopermula edemskii (Aristov et Storozhenko, 2011), comb. n. The new genus Anarkemina Aristov, gen. n. (type species Narkemina winsdoriensis Lewis, 1979 = Anarkemina winsdoriensis comb. n. ) is described from the Carboniferous of the United States in the family Cnemidolestidae. Two new genera are included in the family Neraphidiidae Aristov, fam. n. : Fodinopenna Aristov, gen. n. (type species Fodinopenna abakanica Aristov, sp. n. from the Carboniferous of Russia) and Yaria Aristov, gen. n. (type species Yaria arenaria Aristov, sp. n. from the Permian of Russia). The family Ctenoptilidae Aristov, fam. n. includes a single genus, Ctenoptilus Lameere 1917 from the Upper Carboniferous of France.