NOMEN: †Protelytroptera Tillyard 1931 [R.J. Tillyard . Kansas Permian insects. Part 13. The new order Protelytroptera, with a discussion of its relationships. – Amer. Journ. Sci., 1931, 21: 231-266]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Tillyard
1931): †Protelytridae +
†Permelytridae + †Blattelytridae + †Acosmelytridae
OBJECTIVE SYNONYM:
= †Elytroptera Tillyard 1931 (non Clairville 1798)
SENIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYM:
= †Protocoleoptera Tillyard 1924 (nomen nudum)
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Protelytron/fg
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Protelytridae, Protelytrina, Protelytrida
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest non-homonymous name of a generally accepted, extinct plesiomorphon.
Systematic
position of Protelytroptera:
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Dermapteroidea, or Dermatoptera s.1 (sensu lato) † pm.Protelytroptera Brachydermaptera, or Dermatoptera s.2 † pm.Archidermaptera Neodermaptera, or Dermatoptera s.3 Holodermaptera, or Dermatoptera s.4 (sensu stricto) |