Insecta - Ephemerida - Misthodotidae
Alternative combination: Dromeus obtusus
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 Misthodotes according to F. M. Carpenter 1979
See also Carpenter 1933, Carpenter 1939, Handlirsch 1922, Sellards 1907 and Tillyard 1932
Sister taxa: Misthodotes biguttatus, Misthodotes delicatulus, Misthodotes dubius, Misthodotes edmundsi, Misthodotes ovalis, Misthodotes sharovi, Misthodotes stapfi, Misthodotes tshernovae, Misthodotes visherensis, Misthodotes zalesskyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Kansas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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