Misthodotes Explained

Misthodotes is an extinct genus of stem-group mayflies which existed during the Permian of what is now the United States, Russia and Germany. It was first described under the name Dromeus by in 1907.^[1] It was found that this name had already been used for another genus, so Sellards renamed his genus to Misthodotes in 1909.^[2] Unlike the adults of modern mayflies, which have non-functional mouthparts and are unable to feed, adults of Misthodotes had functional mouthparts for chewing.^{[3] [4]}

Species

• †Misthodotes biguttatus Tillyard, 1932 – Wellington Formation, Kansas, Early Permian, Artinskian
• †Misthodotes delicatulus (Tillyard, 1936) – Wellington Formation, Kansas, Early Permian, Artinskian
• †Misthodotes dubius Sinitshenkova, 2013^[5] – Poldarsa Formation, Russia, Late Permian, Wuchiapingian
• †Misthodotes edmundsi Carpenter, 1979 – Wellington Formation, Oklahoma, Early Permian, Artinskian
• †Misthodotes obtusus (Sellards, 1907) – Wellington Formation, Kansas, Early Permian, Artinskian
• †Misthodotes ovalis Tillyard, 1932 – Wellington Formation, Kansas, Early Permian, Artinskia
• †Misthodotes sharovi Tshernova, 1965 – Koshelevka Formation, Russia, Early Permian, Kungurian
• †Misthodotes stapfi Kinzelbach and Lutz, 1984^[6] – Jeckenbach Formation, Germany, Early Permian, Asselian
• †Misthodotes tshernovae Sinitshenkova & Vassilenko, 2012^[7] – Poldarsa Formation, Russia, Late Permian, Wuchiapingian
• †Misthodotes visherensis Novokshonov, Ivanov & Aristov, 2002^[8] – Solikamsk Formation, Russia, Early Permian, Kungurian
• †Misthodotes zalesskyi Tshernova, 1965 – Koshelevka Formation, Russia, Early Permian, Kungurian

External links

• Misthodotes at the Paleobiology Database

Notes and References

1. Sellards. E. H.. 1907. Types of Permian insects. Part II. Plectoptera. American Journal of Science. 4. 23. 345–355.
2. E. H.. Sellards. 1909. Types of Permian Insects, Part III: Megasecoptera, Orycloblattinidae and Protorthoptera. American Journal of Science. 4. 27. 151–173.
3. Web site: Life history of Palaeozoic mayflies. Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS. 2 June 2021. 9 September 2024.
4. Sroka. P.. Godunko. R. J.. Sinitshenkova . N.D.. Prokop. J.. 2021. Life history, systematics and flight ability of the Early Permian stem‑mayflies in the genus Misthodotes Sellards, 1909 (Insecta, Ephemerida, Permoplectoptera). BMC Ecology and Evolution. 21. 97. 10.1186/s12862-021-01820-x. free. 8142488.
5. Sinitshenkova. N.D.. 2013. New mayflies (Insecta: Ephemerida = Ephemeroptera) from the Upper Permian locality of Isady, Northern European Russia. Paleontological Journal. 47. 2. 162–165. 10.1134/S0031030113020135.
6. Kinzelbach. R.. Lutz. H.. 1984. Eine neue Eintagsfliege Misthodotes stapfi n. sp. aus dem Rotliegenden des Nahe-Gebietes (Ephemeroptera: Permoplectoptera: Misthodotidae). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 58. 3/4. 247–253. 10.1007/BF02986063. German.
7. N. D.. Sinitshenkova. D. V.. Vassilenko . 2012 . The latest record of mayflies of the family Protereismatidae Sellards (Ephemerida = Ephemeroptera) and a new species of the family Misthodotidae in the Upper Permian of Europe . Paleontological Journal . 46 . 1 . 61–65 . 10.1134/S0031030112010121 .
8. Novokshonov. V.G.. Ivanov. V.V.. Aristov. D.S. 2002. New insects from the Late Permian of the Ural Mountains. Paleontological Journal. 36. 2. 157–160.