Eotipula Handlirsch, 1906

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Genus Eotipula Handlirsch, 1906

Eotipula Handlirsch, 1906: 491 (type species, by monotypy: Eotipula parva Handlirsch, 1906 ) Eotipulina Kalugina in Kalugina & Kovalev, 1985: 52 (type species, by original designation: Eotipulina sibirica Kalugina, 1985 ) syn.n.

Eotipuloptera Kalugina in Kalugina & Kovalev, 1985: 55 type species, by original designation: Eotipuloptera savtshenkoi Kalugina, 1985 ) syn.n.

The genus Eotipula was described by Handlirsch (1906) for two species from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Dobbertin, Germany, Eotipula parva Handlirsch, 1906 and Eotipula lapidaria Handlirsch, 1906 . Eotipula parva was subsequently designated as the type species by Carpenter (1992). Handlirsch (1939) described four additional species in Eotipula , Eotipula defuncta , Eotipula mortua , Eotipula longa and Eotipula coarctata , all from the Dobbertin of Germany. The genus has not been revised since. A later study of the types of the species described by Kalugina in Kalugina & Kovalev (1985) in the genera Eotipulina (three species) and Eotipuloptera (one species) revealed that they all belong in Eotipula , and we therefore here synonymise the names Eotipulina and Eotipuloptera with Eotipula . A diagnosis of Eotipulinae and Eotipula is given by Kalugina (1985). A revision of Eotipula with description of several new species is in preparation (W. Krzemiński in prep.).