Bechala sommeri Ilger and Brauckmann 2012 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Bechalidae

Full reference: J. M. Ilger and C. Brauckmann. 2012. First report of Namurian insects (Palaeodictyoptera; Megasecoptera; "basal Neoptera") from the Küchenberg near Fröndenberg/Ruhr (Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 86:161-174

Belongs to Bechala according to J. M. Ilger and C. Brauckmann 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AKH 524 a, a wing (with preserved apical third and parts of basal third). Its type locality is Küchenberg quarry, which is in a Marsdenian/Yeadonian mire/swamp mudstone in the Ziegelschiefer Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Küchenberg quarry

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