Insecta - Megasecoptera - Mischopteridae
Alternative combination: Woodwardia nigra
Synonyms: Mischoptera concolor Handlirsch 1919, Mischoptera infumata Handlirsch 1919, Mischoptera ocellata Handlirsch 1919, Mischoptera woodwardi Brongniart 1894
Full reference: C. Brongniart. 1885. Les insectes fossiles des terrains primaires. Coup d'oeil rapide sur la fauna entomologique des terrains paléozoïques. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences Naturelles de Rouen 21(3):50-68
Belongs to Mischoptera according to F. M. Carpenter 1992
See also Brongniart 1885, Brongniart 1894, Carpenter 1951, Carpenter and Richardson 1968, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919 and Lameere 1917
Sister taxon: Mischoptera douglassi
Type specimens:
- Mischoptera nigra: MNHN.F.R51049, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Mischoptera concolor: MNHN.F.R51412. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Mischoptera infumata: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Mischoptera ocellata: MNHN.F.R51329. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Mischoptera woodwardi: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 6 occurrences
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