Insecta - Dicondylia - Protomyrmeleontidae
Synonym: Protomyrmeleon bascharagensis Nel and Henrotay 1992
Full reference: F. E. Geinitz. 1888. Beitrag zur Geologie Mecklenburgs. Archiv des Vereins der Freunde der Naturgeschichte in Mecklenburg 41:143-216
Belongs to Protomyrmeleon according to J. Ansorge 1996
See also Geinitz 1888, Handlirsch 1906, Nel and Henrotay 1992 and Zessin 1991
Sister taxa: Protomyrmeleon anglicanus, Protomyrmeleon angustovenosus, Protomyrmeleon cretacicus, Protomyrmeleon grandis, Protomyrmeleon grasselensis, Protomyrmeleon handlirschi, Protomyrmeleon jurassicus, Protomyrmeleon karatauensis, Protomyrmeleon kazakhstanensis, Protomyrmeleon pascholdi, Protomyrmeleon pumilio, Protomyrmeleon quadriordinum
Type specimens:
- Protomyrmeleon brunonis: SGWG 120/4, a wing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Protomyrmeleon bascharagensis: MNHN Henrotay IB 930 ab, a wing (superimposed fore and hindwing). Its type locality is Bascharage (MNHN collection), which is in a Falciferum offshore limestone in Luxembourg.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (4 collections), Luxembourg (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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