Insecta - Ephemerida - Protereismatidae
Synonyms: Mecus gracilis Sellards 1907, Prodromus rectus Sellards 1907, Protechma acuminatum Sellards 1907, Protereisma gracile Sellards 1907, Protereisma minus Sellards 1907, Scopus gracilis Sellards 1907
Full reference: E. H. Sellards. 1907. Types of Permian insects, Part II - Plectoptera. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 23(137):345-355
Belongs to Protereisma according to R. Willmann 2007
See also Carpenter 1933, Handlirsch 1922, Martynov 1938, Sellards 1907 and Tillyard 1932
Sister taxa: Pinctodia curta, Protereisma apicalis, Protereisma arcuatum, Protereisma elongatum, Protereisma insigne, Protereisma latum, Protereisma rossenrayensis, Protereisma sellardsi, Protereisma uralicum, Rekter extensus
Type specimens:
- Protereisma permianum: Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas
- Prodromus rectus: Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
- Protechma acuminatum: Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
- Protereisma gracile: Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
- Protereisma minus: 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 (5: Kansas collections)
Total: 5 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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