Liomopterum elongatum Sellards 1909 (ice crawler)

Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Liomopteridae

Alternative combination: Horates elongatus

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 Liomopterum according to S. Y. Storozhenko 1998

See also Carpenter 1950, Handlirsch 1922 and Sellards 1909

Sister taxa: Liomopterum connexus, Liomopterum daenerys, Liomopterum fuscatum, Liomopterum minor, Liomopterum ornatum, Liomopterum sellardsi

Type specimen: Sellards 992, a forewing. 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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