Abstract
Poschmann & Nel (2020) recently described the genus and species Permomertovia simpliciradius from the early Permian of Germany and placed it in the order Paoliida and family Paoliidae sensu Prokop et al. (2014) because it shares the diagnostic characters and synapomorphies of this order and family. But they neglected to compare Permomertovia with the taxa placed in the small family Permulidae, and especially with its type genus and species Permula lebachensis (Schlechtendal, 1913; also from the early Permian of Germany (Steinbach near Lebach-Saar). We herein compare the two forewings, and also take this occasion to discuss the affinities of the Permulidae and of some other related Palaeozoic families of Polyneoptera.
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