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Meganeuropsis
''Meganeuropsis'' is an extinct genus of griffinfly, order Meganisoptera, known from the Early Permian of North America, and represents the biggest known insect of all time. The genus includes two described species:
''Meganeuropsis permiana'' described in 1937 from Elmo, Kansas. It was one of the largest known insects that ever lived, with a reconstructed wing length of , an estimated wingspan of up to , and a body length from head to tail of almost .〔Mitchell, F.L. and Lasswell, J. (2005): ''A dazzle of dragonflies'' Texas A&M University Press, 224 pages: page 47. (Google Books )〕
''Meganeuropsis americana'', discovered in Oklahoma in 1940, is most probably a junior synonym of ''Meganeuropsis permiana''.〔Zessin, W. (2008): Überblick über die paläozoischen Libellen (Insecta, Odonatoptera). ''Virgo'', 11(1): 5-32 (PDF )〕〔Grimaldi, D.A. and Engel, M.S. (2005): ''Evolution of the Insects''. Cambridge University Press, 755 pp. (Google Books )〕 It is represented by a forewing fragment long, which is conserved and displayed in the Harvard Museum of Natural History; the complete reconstructed wing had an estimated total length of , making it the largest insect wing ever found (with a resulting wing span of ).〔"Dragonfly: the largest complete insect wing ever found", ''Harvard Magazine'' November–December 2007:112. (PDF )〕
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