NOMEN: Metapterygota Börner 1909 [C. Börner. Neue Homologien zwischen Crustaceen und Hexapoden. Die Beissmandibel der Insecten und ihre phylogenetische Bedeutung. Archi- und Metapterygota. - Zool. Anz., 1909, 34: 100-125]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Börner 1909):
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Pediculus/f=Scarabaeus/g (sine Ephemera; incl. Libellula)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE:
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Systematic position and classification of Metapterygota:
| Pterygota Ephemeroptera Metapterygota Odonata Neoptera |