Dichentomum minimum Tillyard 1926 (winged insect)

Insecta - Permopsocida - Psocidiidae

Alternative combination: Psocidium minimum

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1926. Kansas Permian Insects, Part 8: The Order Copeognatha. American Journal of Science, Series 5 11(64):315-349

Belongs to Dichentomum according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2016

See also Carpenter 1932 and Tillyard 1926

Sister taxa: Dichentomum arroyo, Dichentomum complexum, Dichentomum grande, Dichentomum latum, Dichentomum parvulum, Dichentomum tinctum

Type specimen: YPM 5110, an exoskeleton (complete insect). 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 (2: Kansas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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