Protomyrmeleon Geinitz 1888 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Protomyrmeleontidae

Synonyms: Protomyrmeleon (Tillyardagrion) Martynov 1927, Tillyardagrion Martynov 1927, Zirzipanagrion Zessin 1991

Full reference: F. E. Geinitz. 1888. Beitrag zur Geologie Mecklenburgs. Archiv des Vereins der Freunde der Naturgeschichte in Mecklenburg 41:143-216

Parent taxon: Protomyrmeleontinae according to I. Deregnaucourt et al. 2019

See also Ansorge 1996, Bode 1953, Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1906, Henrotay et al. 1997, Martynov 1927, Nel and Henrotay 1992, Nel and Jarzembowski 1998, Nel et al. 2005, Pritykina and Vassilenko 2014, Tillyard 1925 and Zessin 1991

Sister taxa: Ferganagrion, Italomyrmeleon, Malmomyrmeleon, Mongolagrion, Obotritagrion, Paraobotritagrion, Saxomyrmeleon, Tillyardomyrmeleon

Subtaxa: Protomyrmeleon anglicanus Protomyrmeleon angustovenosus Protomyrmeleon brunonis Protomyrmeleon cretacicus Protomyrmeleon grandis Protomyrmeleon grasselensis Protomyrmeleon handlirschi Protomyrmeleon jurassicus Protomyrmeleon karatauensis Protomyrmeleon kazakhstanensis Protomyrmeleon pascholdi Protomyrmeleon pumilio Protomyrmeleon quadriordinum

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Germany (6), Kazakhstan (5), Luxembourg (1), Mongolia (2), the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 17 collections including 27 occurrences

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