Eubleptus danielsi Handlirsch 1906 (winged insect)

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Eubleptidae

Synonym: Athymodictya parva Handlirsch 1911

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820

Belongs to Eubleptus according to F. M. Carpenter 1983

See also Carpenter 1965, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1911, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922 and Haupt 1941

Sister taxon: Eubleptus maculosus

Type specimens:

  • Eubleptus danielsi: USNM 35576, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (Daniels collection), which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
  • Athymodictya parva: YPM 18, an exoskeleton (missing apical portion of wings). Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (10: Illinois collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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