Insecta - Protelytroptera - Permelytridae

Alternative combination: Acosmelytron delicatum

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1931. Kansas Permian Insects, Part 13: The New Order Protelytroptera with a Discussion of its Relationships. American Journal of Science, Series 5 21(123):232-266

Belongs to Parablattelytron according to C. C. Branson 1948

See also Carpenter 1933

Sister taxa: Parablattelytron elongatum, Parablattelytron latum, Parablattelytron rectum, Parablattelytron subincisum

Type specimen: YPM 5416, an exoskeleton (fairly complete insect). Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Distribution: found only at Elmo, YPM 1921 collection

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