Meganeuridae
Meganeuridae, from Ancient Greek μέγας, meaning "large", and νεῦρον, meaning "nerve", is an extinct family of griffenflies. There are more than 20 genera and 50 described species in Meganeuridae. This family contains the genera Meganeura and Meganeuropsis, which are two of the largest known insects.
Genera
These genera belong to the family Meganeuridae:Subfamily Carpentertypinae
- Carpentertypus Zessin 1983
Subfamily Meganeurinae
- Meganeura Brongniart, 1885
- Meganeuropsis Carpenter, 1939
- Meganeurula Handlirsch, 1906
Subfamily Piesbergtupinae
- Piesbergtupus Zessin, 2006
Subfamily Tupinae
- Arctotypus Martynov, 1932
- Bohemiatupus Prokop & Nel, 2010
- Boltonites Handlirsch, 1919
- Curvitupus Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
- Ephemerites Geinitz, 1865
- Gallotupus Nel, Garrouste & Roques, 2008
- Gilsonia Meunier, 1908
- Meganeurina Handlirsch, 1919
- Meganeurites Handlirsch, 1919
- Megatypus Tillyard 1925
- Nannotupus Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
- Oligotypus? Carpenter 1931
- Permotupus Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
- Petrotypus Zalesskii, 1950
- Shenzhousia? Zhang & Hong, 2006
- Stephanotypus Zessin, 1983
- Tupus Sellards, 1906
''Incertae sedis''
- Gallotupus Nel, Garrouste, & Roques, 2008