Misthodotes

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 Elias Howard Sellards [de] in 1907.^[2] It was found that this name had already been used for another genus, so Sellards renamed his genus to Misthodotes in 1909.^[3] Unlike the adults of modern mayflies, which have non-functional mouthparts and are unable to feed, adults of Misthodotes had functional mouthparts for chewing.^[4][5]

Misthodotes Temporal range: Asselian–Wuchiapingian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
(unranked):	Panephemeroptera
(unranked):	Ephemerida
(unranked):	†Permoplectoptera
Family:	†Misthodotidae
Genus:	†Misthodotes Sellards, 1909
Type species
Dromeus obtusus Sellards, 1907
Synonyms[1]
Dromeus Sellards, 1907 (preoccupied) Eudoter Tillyard, 1936

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^[6] – 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^[7] – Jeckenbach Formation, Germany, Early Permian, Asselian
• †Misthodotes tshernovae Sinitshenkova & Vassilenko, 2012^[8] – Poldarsa Formation, Russia, Late Permian, Wuchiapingian
• †Misthodotes visherensis Novokshonov, Ivanov & Aristov, 2002^[9] – Solikamsk Formation, Russia, Early Permian, Kungurian
• †Misthodotes zalesskyi Tshernova, 1965 – Koshelevka Formation, Russia, Early Permian, Kungurian