Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Dictyoneuridae

Alternative combinations: Acanthodictyon decheni, Dictyoneura decheni, Goldenbergia decheni, Termes decheni

Full reference: F. Goldenberg. 1854. Die fossilen Insecten der Kohlenformation von Saarbrücken. Palaeontographica 4:17-38

Belongs to Polioptenus according to F. M. Carpenter 1992

See also Goldenberg 1854, Goldenberg 1873, Goldenberg 1877, Guthörl 1934, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Scudder 1885, von Schlechtendal 1913 and Waterlot 1934

Sister taxa: Polioptenus bertrandi, Polioptenus chanderisi, Polioptenus elegans, Polioptenus mancomediali

Type specimen: Naturhist Ver. Bonn, 15(40), a wing (fore & hindwing). Its type locality is Altenwald mine, which is in a Westphalian C terrestrial shale/bituminous coal in the Lower Saarbrucker layer Formation of Germany.

Distribution: found only at Altenwald mine

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