Corydaloides scudderi Brongniart 1885 (winged insect)

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Corydaloididae

Synonyms: Corydaliodes gracilior Handlirsch 1919, Corydaliodes simplex Brongniart 1894, Corydaloides brongniarti Handlirsch 1919, Corydaloides longipennis Handlirsch 1919, Corydaloides simplex 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 Corydaloides according to F. M. Carpenter 1992

See also Brongniart 1885, Brongniart 1894, Carpenter 1951, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919 and Lameere 1917

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Corydaloides scudderi: MNHN.F.R51157, 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.
  • Corydaliodes gracilior: MNHN.F.R51231, 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.
  • Corydaloides brongniarti: MNHN.F.R51257, a wing. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Corydaloides longipennis: MNHN.F.R51252, 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.
  • Corydaloides simplex: MNHN.F.R51154. 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: found only at Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll)

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