Hapaloptera gracilis Handlirsch 1906 (winged insect)

Insecta - Caloneurodea - Hapalopteridae

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

Belongs to Hapaloptera according to A. P. Rasnitsyn 2004

See also Carpenter 1965

Sister taxa: Hapaloptera obovata, Hapaloptera parallela

Type specimen: USNM 38731, a forewing. Its type locality is Fishing Creek gap, Sharp Mountain, Tremont, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in Pennsylvania.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Fishing Creek gap, Sharp Mountain, Tremont

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