Misthodotes
{{Short description|Extinct genus of stem-group mayflies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Asselian|Wuchiapingian}}
| taxon = Misthodotes
| authority = Sellards, 1909
| display_parents = 4
| type_species = Dromeus obtusus
| type_species_authority = Sellards, 1907
| synonyms =
- Dromeus {{small|Sellards, 1907}} (preoccupied)
- Eudoter {{small|Tillyard, 1936}}
}}
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 {{ill|Elias Howard Sellards|de}} in 1907.{{cite journal|last=Sellards|first=E. H.|year=1907|title=Types of Permian insects. Part II. Plectoptera|journal=American Journal of Science|series=4|volume=23|pages=345–355|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40227182}} It was found that this name had already been used for another genus, so Sellards renamed his genus to Misthodotes in 1909.{{cite journal|first=E. H.|last=Sellards|year=1909|title=Types of Permian Insects, Part III: Megasecoptera, Orycloblattinidae and Protorthoptera|journal=American Journal of Science|series=4|volume=27|pages=151–173|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247267}} Unlike the adults of modern mayflies, which have non-functional mouthparts and are unable to feed, adults of Misthodotes had functional mouthparts for chewing.{{cite web|url=https://www.entu.cas.cz/en/news-events/news/6010-life-history-of-palaeozoic-mayflies/|title=Life history of Palaeozoic mayflies|publisher=Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS|date=2 June 2021|access-date=9 September 2024}}{{cite journal|last1=Sroka|first1=P.|last2=Godunko|first2=R. J.|last3=Sinitshenkova |first3=N.D.|last4=Prokop|first4=J.|year=2021|title=Life history, systematics and flight ability of the Early Permian stem‑mayflies in the genus Misthodotes Sellards, 1909 (Insecta, Ephemerida, Permoplectoptera)|journal=BMC Ecology and Evolution|volume=21|page=97|doi=10.1186/s12862-021-01820-x|doi-access=free|pmc=8142488}}
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{{cite journal|last=Sinitshenkova|first=N.D.|year=2013|title=New mayflies (Insecta: Ephemerida = Ephemeroptera) from the Upper Permian locality of Isady, Northern European Russia|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=47|issue=2|pages=162–165|doi=10.1134/S0031030113020135}} – 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{{cite journal|last1=Kinzelbach|first1=R.|last2=Lutz|first2=H.|year=1984|title=Eine neue Eintagsfliege Misthodotes stapfi n. sp. aus dem Rotliegenden des Nahe-Gebietes (Ephemeroptera: Permoplectoptera: Misthodotidae)|journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift|volume=58|issue=3/4|pages=247–253|doi=10.1007/BF02986063|language=German}} – Jeckenbach Formation, Germany, Early Permian, Asselian
- †Misthodotes tshernovae Sinitshenkova & Vassilenko, 2012{{Cite journal|first1=N. D.|last1=Sinitshenkova|first2=D. V.|last2=Vassilenko |year=2012 |title=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 |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=61–65 |doi=10.1134/S0031030112010121 }} – Poldarsa Formation, Russia, Late Permian, Wuchiapingian
- †Misthodotes visherensis Novokshonov, Ivanov & Aristov, 2002{{cite journal|last1=Novokshonov|first1=V.G.|last2=Ivanov|first2=V.V.|last3=Aristov|first3=D.S|year=2002|title=New insects from the Late Permian of the Ural Mountains|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=36|issue=2|pages=157–160|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258109931}} – Solikamsk Formation, Russia, Early Permian, Kungurian
- †Misthodotes zalesskyi Tshernova, 1965 – Koshelevka Formation, Russia, Early Permian, Kungurian
References
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External links
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=189480 Misthodotes] at the Paleobiology Database
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Category:Prehistoric insect genera