†Liomopterum ornatum Sellards 1909 (ice crawler)
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Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Liomopteridae
Synonym: Liomopterum extensum 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 Liomopterum according to Y. Y. Cui et al. 2021
See also Carpenter 1950, Handlirsch 1922, Sellards 1909, Storozhenko 1998 and Zimmerman 1962
Sister taxa: Liomopterum connexus, Liomopterum daenerys, Liomopterum elongatum, Liomopterum fuscatum, Liomopterum minor, Liomopterum sellardsi
Type specimens:
- Liomopterum ornatum: Sellards 5, a wing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
- Liomopterum extensum: Sellards 972, a forewing. 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 (6: Kansas, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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