Anagesthes affinis Goldenberg 1854 (winged insect)

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera

Alternative combinations: Dictyoneura affinis, Goldenbergia affinis, Termes affinis

Full reference: F. Goldenberg. 1854. Die fossilen Insecten der Kohlenformation von Saarbrücken. Palaeontographica 4:17-38

Belongs to Anagesthes according to P. Guthörl 1934

See also Goldenberg 1852, Goldenberg 1854, Goldenberg 1873, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Scudder 1885, von Schlechtendal 1913 and Waterlot 1934

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Naturhist Ver. Bonn, 16(41), a wing (small fragment). Its type locality is Altenwald mine, which is in a Westphalian C terrestrial shale/bituminous coal in the Lower Saarbrucker layer Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Friedrichstal railway cut

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