Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Liomopteridae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1950. The Lower Permian insects of Kansas. Part 10. The order Protorthoptera: the family Liomopteridae and its relatives. Proceedings of the Academy of Arts and Sciences 78(4):185-219
Belongs to Liomopterum according to Y. Y. Cui et al. 2021
See also Carpenter 1950 and Storozhenko 1998
Sister taxa: Liomopterum connexus, Liomopterum daenerys, Liomopterum elongatum, Liomopterum fuscatum, Liomopterum minor, Liomopterum ornatum
Type specimen: MCZ 4978, a forewing. Its type locality is Elmo, MCZ 1932 collection Lower Limestone, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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