Baissoptera Explained

Baissoptera is an extinct genus of snakefly in the Baissopteridae family which was described by Martynova in 1961. Since 1961, it has been described three times; Carpenter in 1992, Ponomarenko in 1988 and Engel in 2002. According to J. Jepson et al. in 2011, the parent taxon is Baissopteridae.^{[1] [2]} Fossils of the species have been found in Brazil, China, Spain and Russia.^[1]

Species

Baissoptera includes 14 species:

• †Baissoptera bicolor Lyu, Ren & Liu, 2017^[3]
• †Baissoptera brasiliensis Oswald, 1990^[4]
• †Baissoptera cellulosa Ponomarenko, 1993^[5]
• †Baissoptera cretaceoelectra Pérez-de la Fuente et al., 2012^[6]
• †Baissoptera elongata Ponomarenko, 1993^[7]
• †Baissoptera euneura Ren, 1997^[8]
• †Baissoptera grandis Ren, 1995^[9]
• †Baissoptera liaoningensis Ren, 1994^[10]
• †Baissoptera lisae Jepson et al., 2011^[11]
• †Baissoptera martinsoni Martynova, 1961^[12]
• †Baissoptera minima Ponomarenko, 1993^[13]
• †Baissoptera pulchra Martins-Neto & Nel, 1992^[14]
• †Baissoptera sibirica Ponomarenko, 1993^[15]
• †Baissoptera sinica Lyu, Ren & Liu, 2017

Notes and References

1. Web site: †Baissoptera: Martynova, 1961 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.
2. O. M. Martynova . 1961 . Sovremennye i vymershie verblyudki (Insecta, Raphidioptera) . Recent and extinct snakeflies (Insecta, Raphidioptera) . Russian . Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal . 1961 . 3 . 73–83.
3. Ya-nan Lyu . Dong Ren . Xingyue Liu . 2017 . Systematic revision of the fossil snakefly family Baissopteridae (Insecta: Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of China, with description of a new genus and three new species . Cretaceous Research . 80 . 13–26 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.08.004 .
4. Web site: †Baissoptera brasiliensis: Oswald, 1990 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.
5. Web site: †Baissoptera cellulosa: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.
6. Web site: †Baissoptera cretaceoelectra: Pérez-de la Fuente et al., 2012 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.
7. Web site: †Baissoptera elongata: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.
8. Web site: †Baissoptera euneura: Ren, 1997 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.
9. Web site: †Baissoptera grandis: Ren, 1995 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.
10. Web site: †Baissoptera liaoningensis: Ren, 1994 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.
11. Web site: †Baissoptera lisae: Jepson et al., 2011 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.
12. Web site: †Baissoptera martinsoni: Martynova, 1961 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.
13. Web site: †Baissoptera minima: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.
14. Web site: †Baissoptera pulchra: Martins-Neto and Nel, 1992 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.
15. Web site: †Baissoptera sibirica: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly). The Paleobiology Database. 13 August 2012.