Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Probnidae

Synonyms: Espira obscura Sellards 1909, Probnis coriacea Sellards 1909, Probnis sellardsi Handlirsch 1919, Stinus brevicubitalis Sellards 1909, Stoichus arcuatus Sellards 1909, Stoichus elegans Sellards 1909, Stoichus minor Sellards 1909, Stoichus tenuis 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 Probnis according to S. Y. Storozhenko 1998

See also Carpenter 1943, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Sellards 1909, Tillyard 1937 and Zimmerman 1962

Sister taxon: Probnis fossor

Type specimens:

• Probnis speciosa: Sellards 143, a wing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
• Espira obscura: Sellards 101. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
• Probnis coriacea: Sellards 655, a forewing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
• Probnis sellardsi: Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
• Stinus brevicubitalis: Sellards 459, a wing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
• Stoichus arcuatus: Sellards 973, a wing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
• Stoichus elegans: Sellards 974, a forewing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
• Stoichus minor: Sellards 114, a wing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
• Stoichus tenuis: Sellards 1208, a forewing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

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