Palaeocixius antiquus Brongniart 1894 (ice crawler)

Insecta - Grylloblattodea

Synonyms: Fabrecia minuta Meunier 1911 [objective synonym], Fabrecia pygmaea Meunier 1911, Palaeocixius fayoli Handlirsch 1906, Protoblattina giardi Meunier 1921

Full reference: C. Brongniart. 1894. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire des insectes fossiles des temps primaires, précédées d'une étude sur la nervation des ailes des insectes. Thèses Présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris 821:1-494

Belongs to Palaeocixius according to O. Béthoux et al. 2005

See also Brongniart 1885, Brongniart 1894, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Lameere 1917, Meunier 1911, Meunier 1921 and Storozhenko 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Palaeocixius antiquus: MNHN-DHT-R51111, a forewing (right forewing). Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Fabrecia minuta: MNHN-DHT-R51111, a forewing (right forewing). Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Fabrecia pygmaea: MNHN-DHT-R51127, 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.
  • Palaeocixius fayoli: MNHN-DHT-R51127, 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.
  • Protoblattina giardi: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later 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 3 occurrences

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