Diaphanopterodea

Diaphanopterodea Temporal range: Late Carboniferous to Late Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Prochoroptera calopteryx
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Superorder:	†Palaeodictyopteroidea
Order:	†Diaphanopterodea Handlirsch, 1919
Families
Aenigmatidiidae Rohdendorf, 1961 Alexrasnitsyniidae Prokop & Nel, 2011 Asthenohymenidae Tillyard, 1924 Bardohymenidae Zalessky, 1937 Biarmohymenidae Zalessky, 1937 Diaphanopteridae Handlirsch, 1906 Elmoidae Tillyard, 1937 Martynoviidae Tillyard, 1932 Namurodiaphidae Kukalova-Peck & Brauckmann, 1990 Parelmoidae Rohdendorf, 1962 Prochoropteridae Handlirsch, 1911 Velisopteridae Pinto & Adami-Rodrigues, 1997

The Diaphanopterodea or Paramegasecoptera are an extinct order of moderate to large-sized Palaeozoic insects. They are first known from the Middle Carboniferous (late Serpukhovian or early Bashkirian in age), and include some of the earliest known flying insects.