Spilapteridae

{{Short description|Extinct family of insects}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Early Carboniferous}}

| image = Homaloneura ligeia.jpg

| image_caption =Homaloneura ligeia fossil

| taxon = Spilapteridae

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text

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Spilapteridae is an extinct family of palaeodictyopterans. It is regarded as one of the most species-rich of its order.{{cite journal|last1=Brauckmann|first1=Carsten|last2=Schneider|first2=Joerg|year=1996|title=Ein unter-karbonisches Insekt aus dem Raum Bitterfeld/Delitzsch (Pterygota, Arnsbergium, Deutschland)|trans-title=A Lower Carboniferous insect from the Bitterfeld/Delitzsch area (Pterygota, Arnsbergian, Germany)|journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279562374|volume=1996|issue=1|pages=17–30|doi=10.1127/njgpm/1996/1996/17|language=German}}

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Category:Prehistoric insect families

Category:Palaeodictyopteroidea

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