Zdenekia

Zdenekia; Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	† Paoliida
Family:	† Paoliidae
Genus:	† Zdenekia ; Kukalová, 1958
Type species
	Zdenekia grandis; Kukalová, 1958
Species
	†Z. grandisKukalová, 1958 ; †Z. occidentalisLaurentiaux−Vieira & Laurentiaux, 1986 ; †Z. silesiensisProkop et al., 2012 ;

Last updated October 04, 2025

Zdenekia is a genus of extinct winged insects from the Upper Carboniferous period. It contains the species Z. grandis from the Czech Republic,^[1]Z. occidentalis from Belgium,^[1] and Z. silesiensis from Poland.^[2]Zdenekia is considered a member of the extinct order Paoliida, a group that historically had controversial affinities and composition but have been resolved as the sister group of Dictyoptera by recent studies.^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 Jakub Prokop & André Nel (2007). "An enigmatic Palaeozoic stem-group: Paoliida, designation of new taxa from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (Insecta: Paoliidae, Katerinkidae fam. n.)" (PDF). African Invertebrates . 48 (1): 77–86.
↑ Jakub Prokop; Wiesław Krzemiński; Ewa Krzemińska & Dariusz Wojciechowski (2012). "Paoliida, a putative stem-group of winged insects: morphology of new taxa from the Upper Carboniferous of Poland" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . 57: 161–173. doi: 10.4202/app.2010.0064 . Archived from the original (PDF proof) on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
↑ Jakub Prokop; Wieslaw Krzemiński; Ewa Krzemińska; Thomas Hörnschemeyer; Jan-Michael Ilger; Carsten Brauckmann; Philippe Grandcolas; André Nel (2014). "Late Palaeozoic Paoliida is the sister group of Dictyoptera (Insecta: Neoptera)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 12 (5): 601–622. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.823468. S2CID 84407734.
↑ Legendre, Frédéric; Nel, André; Svenson, Gavin J.; Robillard, Tony; Pellens, Roseli; Grandcolas, Philippe; Escriva, Hector (22 July 2015). "Phylogeny of Dictyoptera: Dating the Origin of Cockroaches, Praying Mantises and Termites with Molecular Data and Controlled Fossil Evidence". PLOS ONE. 10 (7) e0130127. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1030127L. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130127 . PMC 4511787 . PMID 26200914.

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[Prokop-1] 1 2 Jakub Prokop & André Nel (2007). "An enigmatic Palaeozoic stem-group: Paoliida, designation of new taxa from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (Insecta: Paoliidae, Katerinkidae fam. n.)" (PDF). African Invertebrates . 48 (1): 77–86.

[2] Jakub Prokop; Wiesław Krzemiński; Ewa Krzemińska & Dariusz Wojciechowski (2012). "Paoliida, a putative stem-group of winged insects: morphology of new taxa from the Upper Carboniferous of Poland" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . 57: 161–173. doi: 10.4202/app.2010.0064 . Archived from the original (PDF proof) on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2011-04-25.

[3] Jakub Prokop; Wieslaw Krzemiński; Ewa Krzemińska; Thomas Hörnschemeyer; Jan-Michael Ilger; Carsten Brauckmann; Philippe Grandcolas; André Nel (2014). "Late Palaeozoic Paoliida is the sister group of Dictyoptera (Insecta: Neoptera)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 12 (5): 601–622. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.823468. S2CID 84407734.

[4] Legendre, Frédéric; Nel, André; Svenson, Gavin J.; Robillard, Tony; Pellens, Roseli; Grandcolas, Philippe; Escriva, Hector (22 July 2015). "Phylogeny of Dictyoptera: Dating the Origin of Cockroaches, Praying Mantises and Termites with Molecular Data and Controlled Fossil Evidence". PLOS ONE. 10 (7) e0130127. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1030127L. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130127 . PMC 4511787 . PMID 26200914.

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