Insecta - Miomoptera - Palaeomanteidae
Alternative combination: Delopterum elongatum
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 Delopsocus according to J. Prokop et al. 2017
See also Carpenter 1933, Handlirsch 1922, Rasnitsyn 2004, Sellards 1909 and Tillyard 1928
Sister taxa: Delopsocus fasciatus, Delopsocus furcatulus, Delopsocus kamensis, Delopsocus kansanum, Delopsocus latus, Delopsocus lepidus, Delopsocus sinuosus, Delopsocus stenopterus
Type specimen: Sellards 61, a forewing. 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 (6: Kansas, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.