Lemmatophora typa Sellards 1909 (ice crawler)

Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Lemmatophoridae

Alternative combination: Lemmatophora typica

Synonyms: Lemmatophora anomala Sellards 1909, Lemmatophora delicosa Sellards 1909, Lemmatophora elongata Sellards 1909, Lemmatophora hirsuta Sellards 1909

Full reference: E. H. Sellards. 1909. Types of Permian Insects, Part III: Megasecoptera, Orycloblattinidae and Protorthoptera. American Journal of Science 27:151-173

Belongs to Lemmatophora according to R. J. Beckemeyer 2009

See also Carpenter 1935, Carpenter 1939, Handlirsch 1922, Martynov 1938, Sellards 1909, Storozhenko 1998, Tillyard 1928 and Zimmerman 1962

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Lemmatophora typa: Sellards 1162, a wing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
  • Lemmatophora anomala: Sellards 1089, a wing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
  • Lemmatophora delicosa: Sellards 1050, a forewing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
  • Lemmatophora elongata: Sellards 149, a forewing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
  • Lemmatophora hirsuta: Sellards 1047, an exoskeleton (complete body). Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (9: Kansas, Oklahoma collections)

Total: 9 collections including 13 occurrences

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