Sinitshenkovae huenickeni Pinto and de Ornellas 1978

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Xenopteraidae

Alternative combination: Philiasptilon huenickeni

Full reference: I. D. Pinto and L. P. de Ornellas. 1978. Upper Carboniferous Insects from Argentina. I-Família Diaphanopteridae (Megasecopteroidea). Pesquisas 10:87-95

Belongs to Sinitshenkovae according to A. Nel et al. 2019

See also Pinto and de Ornellas 1978

Sister taxon: Sinitshenkovae gallica

Type specimen: CORD-PZ 2100, a wing. Its type locality is Bajo de Veliz (CORD collection), which is in a Kasimovian/Gzhelian floodplain siltstone in the Bajo de Veliz Formation of Argentina.

Distribution: found only at Bajo de Veliz (CORD collection)

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