Insecta - Hemiptera - Dysmorphoptilidae
Alternative combination: Gallegomorphoptila gigantea
Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto and O. F. Gallego. 2001. The Triassic insect fauna from Argentina. IV. Glosselytrodea and complements on Auchenorrhyncha. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 24(52/53):105-114
Belongs to Dysmorphoptiloides according to Y. Z. Fu et al. 2021
See also Martins-Neto and Gallego 2001, Martins-Neto et al. 2003, Martins-Neto and Gallego 2006 and Szwedo and Huang 2019
Sister taxa: Dysmorphoptiloides acostai, Dysmorphoptiloides breviptera, Dysmorphoptiloides ellisi, Dysmorphoptiloides elongata, Dysmorphoptiloides kotejai, Dysmorphoptiloides losrastrosensis, Dysmorphoptiloides pulcherrima
Type specimen: PULR-I 255, a wing. Its type locality is Rio Gualo (5th cycle), which is in a Carnian lacustrine - large claystone in the Los Rastros Formation of Argentina.
Distribution: found only at Rio Gualo (5th cycle)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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