Alienopteridae

Alienopteridae
Temporal range:
Generic reconstruction of an alienopterid adult
Aethiocarenus, an alienopterid nymph
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superfamily: Umenocoleoidea
Family: Alienopteridae
Bai et al, 2016
Type genus
Alienopterus
Bai et al, 2016
Genera
  • Aethiocarenus
  • Alienopterella
  • Alienopterix?
  • Alienopterus
  • Apiblatta
  • Caputoraptor
  • Chimaeroblattina
  • Formicamendax
  • Grant
  • Meilia
  • Teyia
  • Vcelesvab
  • Vzrkadlenie?
Synonyms
  • Aethiocarenidae

Alienopteridae is an extinct family of dictyopterans, known from the Early Cretaceous to the Eocene epoch. They are noted for their unusual combination of features not found in other dictyopterans.