Phenopterum elongatum Sellards 1909 (winged insect)

Insecta - Reculida - Sylvaphlebiidae

Alternative combination: Lepium elongatum

Synonyms: Lepium reticulatum Sellards 1909, Lepium sellardsi Handlirsch 1919

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 Phenopterum according to S. Y. Storozhenko 1998

See also Carpenter 1950, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Sellards 1909 and Zimmerman 1962

Sister taxon: Phenopterum briggsi

Type specimens:

  • Phenopterum elongatum: MCZ 4931, a forewing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
  • Lepium reticulatum: Sellards 152, a wing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
  • Lepium sellardsi: 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 (7: Kansas, Oklahoma collections)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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