Insecta - Megasecoptera - Protohymenidae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1933. The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas. Part 6: Delopteridae, Protelytroptera, Plectoptera and a New Collection of Protodonata, Odonata, Megasecoptera, Homoptera and Psocoptera. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 68(11):411-505
Belongs to Protohymen according to J. R. Zimmerman 1962
Sister taxa: Protohymen angustipennis, Protohymen anomalus, Protohymen bifurcatus, Protohymen carpenteri, Protohymen concinna, Protohymen curvatus, Protohymen elongatus, Protohymen largus, Protohymen latus, Protohymen novokshonovi, Protohymen permianus, Protohymen pictus, Protohymen shafferi, Protohymen tenuis, Protohymen venustus, Pseudohymen sylvaensis, Pseudohymen minor
Type specimen: MCZ 3257ab, an exoskeleton (four wings attached to complete body). Its type locality is Elmo, MCZ 1932 collection Upper Limestone, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Kansas, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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