Protereisma sellardsi Tillyard 1932 (mayfly)

Insecta - Ephemerida - Protereismatidae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1932. Kansas Permian Insects, Part 15: The Order Plectoptera (continued). The American Journal of Science, Fifth Series 23(135):237-272

Belongs to Protereisma according to Tillyard 1932

Sister taxa: Pinctodia curta, Protereisma apicalis, Protereisma arcuatum, Protereisma elongatum, Protereisma insigne, Protereisma latum, Protereisma permianum, Protereisma rossenrayensis, Protereisma uralicum, Rekter extensus

Type specimen: YPM 5434, a wing (imago). 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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