Permopsylla minuta Carpenter 1931 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Archescytinidae

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1931. The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas: Part 4. The Order Hemiptera, and additions to the Paleodictyoptera and Protohymenoptera. American Journal of Science 5(22):113-130

Belongs to Permopsylla according to J. W. Evans 1956

See also Carpenter 1931

Sister taxa: Permopsylla americana, Permopsylla anomala, Permopsylla grandis, Permopsylla kuznetskiensis, Permopsylla melanostigmata, Permopsylla permiana

Type specimen: MCZ 3132, a tegmen. Its type locality is Elmo, MCZ 1927 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Kansas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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