Tapopterum celsum Carpenter 1950 (ice crawler)

Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Liomopteridae

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1950. The Lower Permian insects of Kansas. Part 10. The order Protorthoptera: the family Liomopteridae and its relatives. Proceedings of the Academy of Arts and Sciences 78(4):185-219

Belongs to Tapopterum according to S. Y. Storozhenko 1998

See also Carpenter 1950

Sister taxa: Tapopterum extendum, Tapopterum impurum, Tapopterum longum, Tapopterum oborianum, Tapopterum populus, Tapopterum subtile

Type specimen: MCZ 4930, a forewing

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Elmo, MCZ 1932 collection Upper Limestone (Permian of Kansas)

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