Alexandrinia directa Carpenter 1979 (mayfly)

Insecta - Ephemerida - Protereismatidae

Alternative combination: Protereisma directum

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1979. Lower Permian insects from Oklahoma part 2. Orders Ephemeroptera and Palaeodictyoptera. Psyche 86:261-290

Belongs to Alexandrinia according to N. D. Sinitshenkova and D. V. Vassilenko 2012

Sister taxa: Alexandrinia gigantea, Alexandrinia ipsa, Alexandrinia vitta

Type specimen: MCZ 5180ab, a forewing. Its type locality is Midco Locality 15, which is in an Artinskian lacustrine lime mudstone in the Wellington Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Midco Locality 15

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