Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Lemmatophoridae
Alternative combination: Orta ovata
Synonyms: Orta reducta Handlirsch 1937, Orta sallardiana Handlirsch 1937, Orta sellardsiana Handlirsch 1937, Orta tillyardiana Handlirsch 1937
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 Artinska according to R. J. Beckemeyer 2009
See also Carpenter 1935, Carpenter 1939, Handlirsch 1922, Handlirsch 1937, Sellards 1909, Storozhenko 1998 and Tillyard 1928
Sister taxa: Artinska clara, Artinska infigurabilis, Artinska larisae, Artinska novella, Artinska sellardsi, Artinska sojanensis, Artinska ufimica, Artinska vorkutensis
Type specimens:
- Artinska ovata: Sellards 295, a forewing. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
- Orta reducta: Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
- Orta sellardsiana:
- Orta tillyardiana:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (8: Kansas, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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