Species list, Checklist of Order Megasecoptera ♰ (Extinct order) for Southern Africa (Africa)

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Checklist for Order Megasecoptera Rohdendorf, 1961 (Extinct order)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	754 15371 60267	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	750 15333 60124	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Palaeodictyopteroidea ♰ Rohdendorf, 1961	2 2 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Megasecoptera ♰ Rohdendorf, 1961 Extinct order	2 2 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Southern Africa
2 Families width 6 Species

Personidae Gray, 1854		4	Species	Taxom
Scytohymenidae Martynov, 1937		2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Southern Africa
2 Genera with 6 Species

Distorsio Röding, 1758		4	Species	Taxom
Karoohymen Riek, 1999		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Southern Africa
6 Species

Distorsio anus ♰ Linnaeus, 1758
Distorsio clathrata ♰ Lamarck, 1816	Atlantic distorsio
Distorsio euconstricta ♰ Beu, 1987
Distorsio reticularis ♰ Linnaeus, 1758
Karoohymen delicatulus ♰ E. F. Riek, 1976
Karoohymen minutus ♰ D. E. van Dijk, 1999

Subnodes of Megasecoptera with occurrences in Southern Africa

Family	Personidae ♰ Gray, 1854	1 4	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Scytohymenidae ♰ Martynov, 1937	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Megasecoptera at gbif.org
Megasecoptera at irmng.org