Glaphyrophlebia speciosa Sellards 1909 (winged insect)

Insecta - Paoliida - Blattinopsidae

Alternative combination: Sindon speciosa

Full reference: E. H. Sellards. 1909. Types of Permian Insects, Part III: Megasecoptera, Orycloblattinidae and Protorthoptera. American Journal of Science 27:151-173

Belongs to Glaphyrophlebia according to D. S. Aristov et al. 2022

See also Carpenter 1966, Handlirsch 1922, Hörnschemeyer and Stapf 2001 and Sellards 1909

Sister taxa: Glaphyrophlebia anderhalterorum, Glaphyrophlebia arnulfi, Glaphyrophlebia borea, Glaphyrophlebia clava, Glaphyrophlebia delicatula, Glaphyrophlebia glinka, Glaphyrophlebia iva, Glaphyrophlebia jeckenbachi, Glaphyrophlebia kamaensis, Glaphyrophlebia komia, Glaphyrophlebia oblonga, Glaphyrophlebia ovata, Glaphyrophlebia parvavena, Glaphyrophlebia popasnaya, Glaphyrophlebia pusilla, Glaphyrophlebia pygmaea, Glaphyrophlebia rara, Glaphyrophlebia rohwedderi, Glaphyrophlebia rossica, Glaphyrophlebia semipenna, Glaphyrophlebia subcostalis, Glaphyrophlebia uralensis, Glaphyrophlebia vaga, Glaphyrophlebia victoiriensis, Glaphyrophlebia vorkutensis, Glaphyrophlebia wettinensis, Protociccus

Type specimen: MCZ 6303, a wing. 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 (2: Kansas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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