Permopsylla americana Tillyard 1926 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Archescytinidae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1926. Kansas Permian Insects, Part 9: The Order Hemiptera. American Journal of Science, Series 5 11(65):381-395

Belongs to Permopsylla according to J. W. Evans 1956

See also Carpenter 1931 and Zimmerman 1962

Sister taxa: Permopsylla anomala, Permopsylla grandis, Permopsylla kuznetskiensis, Permopsylla melanostigmata, Permopsylla minuta, Permopsylla permiana

Type specimen: YPM 5114, a tegmen. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 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 each including a single occurrence

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