†Lithopanorpa pusilla Tillyard 1926 (scorpionfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Permopanorpidae
Alternative combination: Protopanorpa pusilla
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1926. Kansas Permian Insects, Part 7: The Order Mecoptera. American Journal of Science, Series 5 11(62):133-164
Belongs to Lithopanorpa according to R. Willmann 1989
See also Carpenter 1930, Tillyard 1926 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxon: Lithopanorpa kuznetskiensis
Type specimen: YPM 5066, a hindwing. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Elmo, YPM 1921 collection
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