Paraprisca fragilis Sellards 1909

Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Lemmatophoridae

Alternative combination: Prisca fragilis

Synonyms: Lemmatophora longipennis Handlirsch 1937, Paraprisca stigmatica Tillyard 1937

Belongs to Paraprisca according to R. J. Beckemeyer 2009

See also Carpenter 1935, Carpenter 1939, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Handlirsch 1937, Sellards 1909, Storozhenko 1998, Tillyard 1928 and Tillyard 1937

Sister taxa: Paraprisca grandis, Paraprisca solikamskensis, Paraprisca uralica

Type specimens:

  • Paraprisca fragilis: Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas
  • Lemmatophora longipennis: YPM 5194, a wing. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
  • Paraprisca stigmatica: YPM 15579, a forewing. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (5: Kansas, Oklahoma collections)

Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences

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