Insecta - Dicondylia - Geraridae
Alternative combination: Sthenaropoda fischeri
Synonyms: Archaeacridites bruesi Meunier 1909, Archaeacridites elegantissima Meunier 1909, Gerarus bruesi Meunier 1909, Sthenaropoda agnusi Lameere 1917, Sthenaropoda bruesi Meunier 1909, Sthenaropoda elegantissima Meunier 1909, Sthenaropoda lerichei Lameere 1917, Sthenaropoda minor Handlirsch 1919 [objective synonym]
Full reference: C. Brongniart. 1885. Les insectes fossiles des terrains primaires. Coup d'oeil rapide sur la fauna entomologique des terrains paléozoïques. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences Naturelles de Rouen 21(3):50-68
Belongs to Gerarus according to O. Béthoux and A. Nel 2003
See also Béthoux and Nel 2002, Brongniart 1885, Brongniart 1894, Burnham 1983, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Lameere 1917, Meunier 1909, Meunier 1909, Meunier 1909 and Meunier 1909
Sister taxa: Gerarus collaris, Gerarus constrictus, Gerarus danielsi, Gerarus mazonus, Gerarus symmetricus, Gerarus teutonicus, Gerarus vetus
Type specimens:
- Gerarus fischeri: MNHN.F.R51128, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Archaeacridites bruesi: MNHN-LP-R.51164, a forewing. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Archaeacridites elegantissima: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Sthenaropoda agnusi: MNHN-LP-R.51139, a forewing. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Sthenaropoda lerichei: MNHN-LP-R.51336, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Sthenaropoda minor: MNHN-LP-R.51139, a forewing. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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