Meganeuridae

Meganeuridae is an extinct family of griffinfly in the order Meganisoptera. There are more than 20 genera and 50 described species in Meganeuridae. This family of flies contain the genus Meganeuropsis, which has one of the biggest animals in the world, Meganeuropsis permiana. This species of fly had the longest insect wing ever found.

Genera
These 21 genera belong to the family Meganeuridae:


 * † Arctotypus Martynov, 1932
 * † Bohemiatupus Prokop & Nel, 2010
 * † Boltonites Handlirsch, 1919
 * † Carpentertypus Zessin 1983
 * † Curvitupus Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
 * † Ephemerites Geinitz, 1865
 * † Gallotupus Nel, Garrouste & Roques, 2008
 * † Gilsonia Meunier, 1908
 * † Meganeura Brongniart, 1885
 * † Meganeurina Handlirsch, 1919
 * † Meganeuropsis Carpenter, 1939
 * † Meganeurula Handlirsch, 1906
 * † Megatypus Tillyard 1925
 * † Nannotupus Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
 * † Oligotypus? Carpenter 1931 (may belongs to Paralogidae )
 * † Permotupus Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
 * † Petrotypus Zalesskii, 1950
 * † Piesbergtupus Zessin, 2006
 * † Shenzhousia Zhang & Hong, 2006
 * † Stephanotypus Zessin 1983
 * † Tupus Sellards, 1906